IRAQ

FEBRUARY 26 2007 16:09h

Iraqi Officials Deny President Had Heart Surgery

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Jalal Talabani is in a stable condition in a Jordanian hospital, officials said on Monday, denying a report he had heart surgery.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in a stable condition in a Jordanian hospital, officials said on Monday, denying a report he had heart surgery.

"He is in a stable condition, it's just exhaustion ... There has been no surgery," said Kamiran Qardaghi, spokesman for the president. An official from Talabani's political party also said the report on Dubai-based Al Arabiya television of the president undergoing trible bypass surgery was false.

His office on Sunday had denied reports the president had suffered a heart attack.