(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121218-talabani-230a.photoblog600.jpg)Mike Segar / Reuters, fileIraq's President Jalal Talabani, seen here in September 2011, is in the hospital for a medical 'emergency'.By ReutersUpdated at 6:15 a.m. ET: BAGHDAD - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani -- a Kurd who has been a key player in mediating during the country's political crisis -- was hospitalized late Monday night in Baghdad after suffering a stroke, government sources said on Tuesday.
He was in "critical but stable condition," the sources said.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Earlier Talabani's office said that he was hospitalized because of a "health emergency."
The elderly leader has been suffering from ill health this year and has received medical treatment overseas several times in last two years.
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That is a very sad one i must say.wish him quick recovery