Iraq - Political problems

(AP) President Jalal Talabani falls suddenly ill and heads immediately to Jordan. ((AFP) Kidney problem.)

(Later: (AP) "unconscious.")

(AP) A statement by Sadr condemning the Security plan was read in Sadr City. ("Al-Sadr urged Iraq's mostly Shiite security forces to "make your own Iraqi plans independent of the Americans.")

(AFP) "I say to the Iraqi security forces, police and army: 'You are able to protect Iraq and the Iraqi people with your faith, your sacrifice, and your patience and your unity. You don't need the occupiers with their tanks and their planes."

(PressTV?) A carbomb aimed at Al Hakim's compound detonated at a checkpoint.