Poland’s last communist leader says he’s dying
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WARSAW, Poland — Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader who became infamous for imposing a harsh military crackdown in 1981, says he is extremely ill and close to death.
The 88-year-old, who has undergone chemotherapy for cancer, told a tabloid he almost never leaves his house due to weakness.
Jaruzelski began undergoing chemotherapy more than a year ago for lymphoma. He said in the remarks published Friday that “I am in very bad shape and there isn’t much life left for me. I will be expiring at home.”
In 1981, Jaruzelski imposed martial law intending to crush the Solidarity freedom movement — which eventually overthrew communist rule in 1989.
Jaruzelski says the move prevented a likely Soviet invasion.
— The Associated Press