Tariq Aziz remained hospitalized at a U.S. military hospital Sunday after falling ill in prison . The former Iraqi prime minister was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role as head of the government during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Aziz served as deputy PM from 1981 to 2003 and as foreign minister for part of that time . Baghdad , Iraq ( CNN ) -- Tariq Aziz , a top lieutenant of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , remained hospitalized at a U.S. military hospital Sunday after falling ill in prison , the U.S. command in Iraq reported . He was sentenced to 15 years in connection with the 1992 executions of 42 merchants .
Tariq Aziz remained hospitalized at a U.S. military hospital Sunday after falling ill in prison . The former Iraqi prime minister was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment for his role as head of the government during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Aziz served as deputy PM from 1981 to 2003 and as foreign minister for part of that time . He was sentenced to 15 years in connection with the 1992 executions of 42 merchants .