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Tariq Aziz Quotes

1936–2015 Iraq

Tariq Aziz (April 28, 1936 - June 5, 2015) was Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (1979–2003) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iraq) (1983–1991) and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s when both were activists for the then-banned Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

Iraq
Politicians

Also known as: Aziz, Tariq

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These Americans are cowards, because if they were courageous, they would have confronted us face-to-face, rather than coming at us from behind

Do you expect me, after all my history as a militant and as one of the Iraqi leaders, to go to an American prison – to go to Guantanamo? I would rather die

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tariq Aziz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.