Iraq’s President Talabani to Return Tomorrow

By RUDAW 11 hours ago

SULAIMANI, Kurdistan Region—Dr. Najmaldin Karim, Jalal Talabani’s private doctor told Rudaw that Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) will return to the Kurdistan Region tomorrow.

Talabani, the founder of the PUK and Iraq’s President suffered a stroke in 2012 and he has been in a German hospital since.

“We have been preparing for the return of Talabani for a while and the German doctors have permitted him to return,” said Karim, who is also a member of the PUK leadership. “So he will return tomorrow, Saturday.”

Karim said that Talabani’s return “will prove to everyone that we were telling the truth when we were saying his health has improved.”

The office of Iraq’s presidency also confirmed Talabani’s scheduled return without providing further details.

“Talabani was very eager to return to Kurdistan,” said Karim. “There wasn’t a day that he didn’t ask me on the telephone to join him in Germany and return together to Kurdistan.”

According to Karim, Talabani will settle in his home in Sulaimani and his special team of physical therapists will come with him.

“Talabani will not return to Germany for treatment, unless for vacation,” said Karim.

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/180720142

He is back in action !  I really did think he was dead.

Nah ... I suspected he was still around, there were the pictures, plus rehab after a stroke can take a long time, even with the best of care. Talibani would not want to appear in Iraq until he was a close to 100% as possible. Think FDR and his polio.