News of the death of President Jalal Talabani

[Soledad]

News of the death of President Jalal Talabani

Published: 12:36 am, December 18, 2012

1 Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services BAGHDAD (Iba) .. Informed sources said the death of President Jalal Talabani in a Baghdad hospital this afternoon.

Not confirm any official sources the death of President Talabani so far and only the Office of the President referring to the transfer of Talabani in critical condition to the Medical City hospital in critical condition Monday evening after suffering a heart health emergency.

A statement from the Office of the President "President admitted to the hospital on Monday night and underwent a series of laboratory and radiological examinations have shown that the health status of his emergency caused by hardening of the arteries.

The statement noted, "It is clear from the testing and analysis that normal body functions and the health status of the president is stable and is subject to medical attention focused under the supervision of a specialized Iraqi medical team integrated.

Born Talabani (son of Sheikh Husamettin Talabani Sheikh way Qadiriya in Kirkuk, northern Iraq) in the village of Klkan spend Cui told IRIN near Lake Dukan.

Organize to the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Mullah Mustafa Barzani in 1947 AD, when he was 14 years old, and began his political career in the early fifties as a founding member of the Student Union of Kurdistan within the KDP, and rose in the party ranks quickly where chosen a member of the Party Central Committee in 1951 AD , after only 4 years of joining the party and was 18 years old at the time.

Talabani joined the Faculty of Law in 1953, and after failed attempts to medical school as a result of the obstacles placed in front of him by the authorities in the monarchy in Iraq, and because of his political activities. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of a university in Baghdad in 1959, and joined the Army after graduating as part of the military service that was the duty of the Iraqi citizen performance after graduating from college or after reaching 18 years of age. He served in the Iraqi army as an administrator for military armored battalion.

In 1961, he participated in the Kurdish uprising against the government of Abdul Karim Qassem. After the coup Qassem, Talabani, the Kurdish delegation led talks with the new prime minister Abdel Salam Aref in 1963.

The fundamental differences began to appear between him and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mustafa Barzani joined in 1964, to a group broke away from the Kurdistan Democratic Party to form the political bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.

Group dissolved in 1970, after he signed the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the government peace agreement under the Convention on autonomy for the Kurds.

Talabani basis with a number of his comrades of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), 1975. The socialist party.

Nominated Talabani, President of the Republic of Iraq after the parliamentary elections in 2005 and then was re-elected on 11/11/2010 by the House of Representatives for a second term of four years.

Enter to the King Hussein Medical City in Jordan in January 25, 2007 after the illness hit him. He left for treatment at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of America.

Elected at the beginning of July 2008 Vice-President of the Organization of Sosial Anturnashinal. (End)

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[fastarnie]

Very sad day for Iraqis.

[easyrider]

Well he is NOT dead Fox is flip flopping around yet again jumping the gun just like in the conneticut shooting. Talabani might have to go to Germany for treatment i doubt it has no one ever had a stroke in Kurdistan before?

[Kimjackie]

DEAD--I am watching FOX news and they just stated he had a stroke and they are working on him,. today is Tuesday. Did they miss something?

[easyrider]

DEAD--I am watching FOX news and they just stated he had a stroke and they are working on him,. today is Tuesday. Did they miss something?

Of course its Fox news

[Kimjackie]

Well he is NOT dead Fox is flip flopping around yet again jumping the gun just like in the conneticut shooting. Talabani might have to go to Germany for treatment i doubt it has no one ever had a stroke in Kurdistan before?

Heck I am watching FOX at 11 a.m Tuesday eastern time and they said stroke not death. Fox is not flip flopping.....

[umbertino]

Iraqi presidency denies Talabani's death: TV

English.news.cn 2012-12-18 21:23:59

BAGHDAD, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Iraqi presidency office denied reports about President Jalal Talabani's death at a hospital in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday, an official Iraqi television reported.

"The Iraqi Presidency office denied reports about the death of President Jalal Talabani," the state-run Iraqia channel said.

Earlier, some local media said that Talabani has died after fast deterioration of his health.

However, the government-owned Iraqia channel quoted Naseer al- Aani, head of the presidency office, as saying that "reports about Talabani's death are not true, and his condition is stable."

Earlier in the day, a medical source told Xinhua that Talabani was admitted to Baghdad hospital of Madinat al-Tib late Monday night and was unconscious due to stroke and was in critical condition.

An earlier statement by his office confirmed that Talabani has been admitted to a hospital in Baghdad "because of fatigue and tiredness."

Talabani, 79, has been suffering various health problems in recent years.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-12/18/c_132049091.htm

[steveinfla]

hmmmmmmmmmm,,,,, Didnt Kwait report the King died when they did what ever they did with their currency??? If true truely sad news... However time to search rueters CNN Fox and the rest to see if this is true... One report on an other web site did state a blood clot to the brain.... Maybe true may not...

[easyrider]

Heck I am watching FOX at 11 a.m Tuesday eastern time and they said stroke not death. Fox is not flip flopping.....

Fox had it on earlier that he was dead!!!! lame stream media for ya

[steveinfla]

Fox had it on earlier that he was dead!!!! lame stream media for ya

Fox is as reliable as the National Enquirer or other supermarket news rags.. When I see CBS NBC or ABC report this then I will lend this news credibility.....

[umbertino]

Iraqi president Jalal Talabani critical after brain stroke

Published: Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012, 21:15 IST

Place: Baghdad | Agency: Reuters

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government officials and lawmakers said, even as the incident sparked off rumours of the Kurdish president's death.

Without Talabani, Iraq would lose an influential peace-maker who often eased tensions in the fragile power-sharing government and negotiated in the growing rift over oil between Baghdad and the OPEC member country's autonomous Kurdistan region. Reports on his medical condition varied.

Three government sources said he was in critical condition, but his office said the 79-year-old president was stable under intensive medical supervision after receiving treatment for blocked arteries.

"President Talabani has suffered a light stroke. His condition is stable now and doctors are closely monitoring him and if they decide he should be transferred outside then he'll go," veteran Kurdish politician Mahmoud Othman, a close Talabani associate who was in the Baghdad hospital. Talabani had been suffering from ill health much of this year and received medical treatment overseas several times in the last two years. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the hospital earlier on Tuesday.

Tough Times Ahead?

Under Iraq's constitution, the parliament should elect a new president if the post becomes vacant and Iraq's power-sharing deal calls for the presidency to go to a Kurd while two vice presidents are shared by a Sunni Muslim and a Shi'ite Muslim. Political analysts said former Kurdistan prime minister Barham Salih is favoured candidate to replace Talabani should the president be incapacitated.

But his exit from Iraqi politics would come at a sensitive time and any succession would be complicated, a year after the last American troops left the country. "He is the most moderate among Iraqi politicians and the most able to defuse political shocks. I do not think any one will be able to fill his position as a president and as a politician," Iraqi analyst Ibrahim al-Sumaidaie said.

Iraq law would see one of the vice presidents take over Talabani's duties before the parliamentary vote. But Iraq's Sunni Vice President, Tareq al-Hashemi, is a fugitive outside of the country after he fled to escape charges he ran death squads. He was sentenced to death in absentia. Any parliament vote would also be complex, with Maliki locked in a struggle with Sunni, Kurdish and some Shi'ite rivals in the power-sharing government.

Talabani was crucial in helping the Shi'ite leader survive a no-confidence motion directed against him earlier this year. Talabani also recently helped ease a military stand-off between Maliki's central government and the autonomous Kurdistan president, Masoud Barzani, in their long-running dispute over oil-field rights and internal boundaries. But that situation remains sensitive after both regions sent troops to reinforce positions along their internal frontier.

A veteran of the Kurdish guerrilla movement, Talabani survived wars, exile and infighting in northern Iraq to become the country's first Kurdish president a few years after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

(Additional reporting by Raheem Salman, Aseel Kami and Isabel Coles)

http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_iraqi-president-jalal-talabani-passes-away-after-brain-stroke_1779066

[steveinfla]

Here is a news link to CNN. At the end of the link it proves my point. Iraqi News media claimed Talabaini was in Germany for knee surgury. CNN has confimed it was SPINAL SURGURY in January of 2012. CNN is also reporting a stroke not death...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/world/meast/iraq-president-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=imi_c2

I am not saying this isnt true. I am just proceeding with caution due to the fact Iraq is infamous for conflicting reports or releasing news articles that have been a bit less than true...

[i_musician77]

Here is a news link to CNN. At the end of the link it proves my point. Iraqi News media claimed Talabaini was in Germany for knee surgury. CNN has confimed it was SPINAL SURGURY in January of 2012. CNN is also reporting a stroke not death...

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/world/meast/iraq-president-hospitalized/index.html?hpt=imi_c2

I am not saying this isnt true. I am just proceeding with caution due to the fact Iraq is infamous for conflicting reports or releasing news articles that have been a bit less than true...

Fox is not reporting that Talibani is dead...they have not and currently are not. Their ticker states he has been hospitalized due to stroke and is being treated by a medical team in Baghdad. PM maliki is at the hospital and it is undecided if treatment will continue in Baghdad or if he will be transferred to another country for treatment...

With my own eyes...30 seconds ago

[redbaron]

Here check this out.....doesn't look like death to me

Fox News Online

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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Wasn't there something going around that some leader was dead just prior

to some other country's revaluation...?

Turned out to be rumour, but the currency did do it's thing...

Can't remember which one it was....

Hope Talabani is okay.... Like we always said,

He's always the only true Gentleman in the room.

If he is back in hospital - we wish him well....

If he is no longer with us --- Peace Be Upon Him and those who love him.

[davis411]

yes kuwait did say the king was dead, also alot of rumours around for dec 18/12 and even adam stated possible bingo on a date

who knows but i do hope the ride is ending

[Soledad]

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Wasn't there something going around that some leader was dead just prior

to some other country's revaluation...?

Turned out to be rumour, but the currency did do it's thing...

Can't remember which one it was....

Hope Talabani is okay.... Like we always said,

He's always the only true Gentleman in the room.

If he is back in hospital - we wish him well....

If he is no longer with us --- Peace Be Upon Him and those who love him.

Thank you SgtFuryUSCZ, you are a truly exceptional human being; after reading all posts related to Talabani and his illnes/dead, you are the only one that has put human dignity in front of the $$$$ sign. I am sorry this is happening, as Talabani was/is a true gentleman and a great President for Iraq. May God bless him and his family!

[steveinfla]

yes kuwait did say the king was dead, also alot of rumours around for dec 18/12 and even adam stated possible bingo on a date

who knows but i do hope the ride is ending <_</>

It just seems to convientent for this to happen when UNSC is releasing some type of report today. CBI has been given the green light to raise the value of the dinar, Kwait is being very flexible with Iraq and calling for their release of Ch7, HCL article 140 are coming together ect ect ect... I am very leary of news reports that come out of Iraq. However with that being said the man could have truely fallen ill. With his past current health issues a stroke would not be unrealistic... Approach this with caution and skeptisim like most every other conflicting report that come out of Iraq....

[soltromb]

From Associated Press:

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani hospitalized in Baghdad after suffering a stroke

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-president-jalal-talabani-hospitalized-stroke-article-1.1222583#ixzz2FQZYFoSM'>http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-president-jalal-talabani-hospitalized-stroke-article-1.1222583#ixzz2FQZYFoSM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-president-jalal-talabani-hospitalized-stroke-article-1.1222583

[lionfish]

SgtFuryUSCZ and steveinfla, thank you for using your heart and mind through this!

IF the news is true, then prayers for Talabani. If this is another ruse of many then let's wait until the deep dense fog clears!

-lionfish