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English: An image made by a U.S. Army soldier during the raid to capture or kill Uday and Qusay Hussein. Original caption: Flame erupts from a building hit with a TOW missile launched by soldiers of the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on July 22 in Mosul, Iraq.
If Saddam Hussein had 100 sons other than Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein would have offered them on the same path (of martyrdom). [8] Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son Mustafa were later buried alongside one-another in a cemetery in Tikrit. Qusay's other two sons, Yahya and Yaqub, are presumed to be alive but their whereabouts are unknown. [9]
Uday Saddam Hussein [1] [2] (Arabic: عدي صدام حسين; 18 June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician, military commander and businessman, and the elder son of Saddam Hussein. He held numerous positions as a sports chairman, military officer and businessman, and was the head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee , Iraq Football ...
Uday and Qusay Hussein refused to surrender even after a helicopter fired a rocket and the Strike Brigade fired 40mm grenades at them. The Colonel decided that more firepower was necessary to take down the brothers, leading to 12 TOW missiles being fired into the building. [19] After his sons' death, Saddam Hussein recorded a tape and said,
PHOTO: Mourners hold up photos of Mazen Al-Hamada at his funeral in Damascus. (Ritaj Zaknoun) "Seeing his funeral service today in Damascus is a testimony to what he meant to the Syrian people.
PHOTO: Protesters hug in response to reports of a ceasefire agreement during a protest calling for the release of the hostages in Gaza in Tel Aviv, Jan. 15, 2025. (Avishag Shaar-yashuv/The New ...
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The playing cards. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking members of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party or members of the Revolutionary Command Council; among ...