Saddam Hussein's Voice to the West, Tareq Aziz, dies
(AGI) Rome, Oct 26 - Tareq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former deputyand the international voice of the Iraqi regime, died at theage of 79 on Friday after a lengthy imprisonment. Aziz, whoserved as a bridge between the regime and the West, was theprincipal Christian in Hussein's entourage. He was born nearMosul in 1936 and was raised a Chaldean Catholic. Aftercompleting a degree in English Language in Literature, heworked first as a journalist before his appointment as foreignminister and subsequently as deputy Prime Minister. His realname was Mikhail Yuhanna. Consistently downplaying hisreligion,