Udai Hussein

Uday Saddam Hussein RK-Tikriti (arab. عديصدامحسينالتكريتي) (Udai, Odai, SAMPA: udaI) (* 18. June 1964; † 22. July 2003 in Mossul) was the oldest son of the five children of Saddam Hussein and its first Mrs. Sadschida Talfah.He was a boss of the national olympic committee of the Iraq as well as boss of the militia Saddam Fedajin. It applied to some years as the probable successor of Saddam. It produced also the newspaper Babel.

ways of its Extravaganzen, but particularly because of the murder of theFavourite bodyguard and Vorkosters of Saddam in the year 1988 fell the favour of the follow-up no longer on it, but on its brother Qusay Hussein. For this murder it was banished also temporarily by its father into Switzerland.

To 12. December 1996 it becamean assassination attempt in the Iraq seriously hurts. Eight rifle bullets met it with driving a car. Saddam Hussein reported later loved Parisoula Lampsos, a Greek, the dictator would have been not unfortunate, if its son had not survived the notice.

To 17. March 2003 gave US president to George W. Bush SaddamHussein 48 hours for leaving the country and added however expressly that Uday and Qusay would have to also go, or it will give war. Uday reacted to the ultimatum, by suggesting Bush and a leaving of the USA to its family.

1984 became Uday of itsFather with its cousin Sadscha, a daughter of Saddams half brother Barzan RK-Tikriti, marries. The marriage held however only few weeks, because Sadscha fled to its nut/mother Ilham (sister of Udais nut/mother Sadschida) into Switzerland.

excesses

some accusations, those against Udai specifiedbecome:

• It is maintained, as head of the Iraqi olympic committee the shank and the torture of Iraqi athletes supervised Udai, which would not have corresponded to its expectations. One talks about crushing the feet or striking the football players after bad plays. (Other sources reportfrom an iron virgin.)

• a former member of the French State Department stated that Uday would have forced and its bodyguards in a hotel room a French pair with force of arms to the sex act, so that Udai could look at itself that later once again on video tape recordings.

• The former Uday double Latif Yahya(of 1987-1991) that Uday had not been in the conditions to accomplish sexual actions without pain stated to cause and blood at its sexual partners to see. The double said that Uday had instructed numerous kidnappings of women, including a Russian Ballerina. In a transmission ofIt reported Alfred Biolek also that it had stolen thousand luxury automobiles and valuable articles for Udai in Kuwait.

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He has the Gulf War according to statement Abid Hamid Mahmud RK-Tikritis, the former private secretary of Saddam Hussein itself with Uday and Qusay Hussein infor the weeks after end of the fighting in the Iraq hides held and then to Syria set off. The there authorities pointed it however, so that they had to keep themselves further hidden in the Iraq.

On the pack of cards of the usually-looked for Iraqis published by that US Department of Defense was Udaion the heart ASS ASS shown (Nr.3). For one type on the place of residence a reward of 15 million US Dollar in prospect one placed.

To 22. July 2003 became it and its brother Qusay in the northIraqi city Mossul with combat lasting several hours with American special-purpose forces as well as soldiersthe 101. Airborne division killed. Before it the Americans had briefly gotten a reference to their place of residence. The soldiers found five persons, including the brothers and Qusays 14jährigen Sohn Mustapha dead, as well as two bodyguards.

After medium reports (e.g. ) Many humans in Bagdad celebrated BBC, New York Timethe message of the death of the brothers, by firing shots into air. Since the message was at first doubted however nevertheless by many Iraqis, the US military published first photos of the dead ones and led later the aufgebahrten and outwardly restored corpses the camera teams of independent international mediaforwards.

literature

• Latif Yahia/Karl spiral: I was Saddams son, Munich 2003, ISBN 3442152496