Tariq Aziz dies in prison.

Tarek Aziz, chef de la diplomatie irakienne Saddam Hussein, est décédé

par Rédaction de France Info vendredi 5 juin 2015 16:45

Photo d’archives de Tarek Aziz datée de 2009 © Maxppp

L’ex-ministre irakien des Affaires étrangères Tarek Aziz est mort vendredi dans un hôpital du sud de l’Irak, rapporte un responsable de la province de Zi Qar, où l’ancien chef de la diplomatie était emprisonné depuis plusieurs années. Un peu plus tôt, la BBC, citant des sources officielles, indiquait que l’ancien diplomate sous le règne de Saddam Hussein était décédé en prison.

The ex Irak foreign affairs minister Tarek Aziz died on Friday in a hospital in southern Irak. The death of the former chief of the diplomatic service, who was in prison for many years, was reported by an official of the Zi Qar province. A little earlier the BBC released similar information, of his death in prison.

Tarek Aziz est mort, ont annoncé vendredi des responsables irakiens. Il avait 79 ans. Ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères sous le règne de Saddam Hussein, il s’était rendu en avril 2003 aux forces américaines. En 2011, il avait été condamné à la peine capitale par la Haute cour pénale irakienne pour avoir contribué à éliminer les partis religieux, alors qu’il purgeait déjà deux peines de prison, de 15 ans pour le meurtre de commerçants et de 7 ans pour la déportation forcée de Kurdes dans le nord de l’Irak.

He was 79 years old and had been a senior minister in the Sadam Hussein regime. He was captured by the American forces in 2003 and in 2011 he was sentenced to death by the Irak high court for his involvement in the disappearance of religious groups. However he was subsequently sentenced instead to two periods in prison; 15 years for the death of business men and 7 years for deportation of Kurds.

Seul chrétien du gouvernement Saddam Hussein, Tarek Aziz avait joué un rôle de premier plan sur le plan diplomatique à la suite de la première guerre du Golfe, lorsque les forces irakiennes avaient été chassées du Koweït. Né en avril 1936 dans le village de Tal Keïf, près de Mossoul, dans le nord de l’Irak, Tarek Aziz s’était associé dès les années 1950 à Saddam Hussein au sein du parti nationaliste Baas.

The only Christian in the Saddam government, Tarek Aziz played a diplomatic  role following the first Gulf war, after the Irak forces invaded Kuwait . Born in 1936 in the village of Tal Keif, near Mossul, in the north of Irak, Tarek Aziz became involved with Saddam Heissein’s nationalist Baath party in the 1950s.

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