UK Sky News-DNA Tests for Saddams Sons Proceeding (US Officials.. 90-95% Certain It's Them]

SKY Breaking News ^ | July 22 ,2003 | staff report

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A US Official says two bodies recovered from a Mosul villa raised by US Troops bear a strong resemblance to Saddam Huseins sons and DNA tests are being carried out.

Americas FOX News quoted quoted one official in the Adminstration as saying that they are '90-95%' sure that the bodies are of Saddam Husseins sons.

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Sky is the UK version of FOX..

[eyespysomething]

The Title was "Saddam's Sons Killed" but I thought that was a stretch...

Saddam Hussein's two sons Uday and Qusay may have been killed in a shoot-out in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.

A US official says two bodies recovered from a villa raided by US troops bear a strong resemblance to the pair and DNA tests are being carried out.


The White House stressed it could not confirm the deaths but Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had briefed President George Bush on the situation.

Battle

America's Fox News quoted one official as saying the administration was "90-95%" sure the bodies were of Saddam's sons.

Another official said there was a "pretty decent chance" they were inside the building, which is owned by a cousin of Saddam.

Relatives of the man and a local official said they believed Uday and Qusay died in the operation.

US forces said they had stormed a house in Mosul and killed four high-ranking allies of the former Iraqi dictator.

Some 200 soldiers blasted the villa with machineguns and rockets during a four-hour battle before storming the building.

Officers declined to identify the four bodies brought out or comment on local rumours Saddam's sons might have been present.

They said a number of people were arrested after the shoot-out. Eyewitnesses said they included a local tribal leader and his son.



Saddam's oldest son Uday



One general from the 101st Airbourne Division told Fox News it had received intelligence on Monday night suggesting members of the regime were sheltering in the house and launched the operation.

That intelligence may have come from a local Iraqi.

'High value targets'

"We received direct direct fire from the building multiple times and used escalating force," he said.

"We could not breach into the building. We had to use bigger calibre weapons to render building safe."

Lieutenant Colonel William Bishop, of the 101st Airborne Division, said: "This morning we went to the building and surrounded it, and detained several high-interest personalities."

Major Trey Cate, spokesman for the division, said four "high-value targets" were found dead after the battle.

A fifth Iraqi died in the fighting and at least five were hurt.

US forces have so far captured 34 of the 55 Iraqis on a most-wanted list of members of Saddam's regime.

But the ousted Iraqi leader and his sons remain at large. They are believed to be in Iraq still.

Washington has offered a $25m reward for the capture of Saddam and $15m for Uday and Qusay.

Audio tapes said to have been made by Saddam have been given to Arab television networks, urging Iraqis to fight occupying Coalition troops.

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Ironically it was their own people that turned Uday and his brother in..

[talleyman]

bump

[Paleo Conservative]

I want to see the pictures of their mangled corpses.

[Coop]

I think we should invite Saddam to one of his palaces to identify the bodies. It's the decent thing to do.

[finnman69]

Rush just read. "british intelligence confirming the sons are dead."

[eyespysomething]

2 things about that:

1. Everyone had to hate these guys, even their loyal followers.

2. $15,000,000 is A LOT of money.

[ConservativeMan55]

They sub humans were probably going from house to house and kicking the people that lived there out into the street. Somebody got pissed that they became homeless and alerted The US Military!

[eyespysomething]

well aren't you just the gentleman/lady.


;-)

[Lee'sGhost]

With a reward of millions, I'm not sure why that's ironic.

[katykelly]

He was joking.

[Paleo Conservative]

I think we should invite Saddam to one of his palaces to identify the bodies. It's the decent thing to do.

I think we should make Saddam resemble them.

[eyespysomething]

no no no. No British intelligence right now please!




I'm only kidding!

[1Old Pro]

The Dems are deeply saddened that they can no longer say they are not captured. Also, the attacks are likely to decrease as undoubtedly the sons were pulling the strings.

[Dead Dog]

34+2 of 55, only 7 more and we can call them the "Dirty Dozen"

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!

[Coop]

well aren't you just the gentleman/lady.

Well, I am on occasion a bit confused, but this is just going too far!

[ConservativeMan55]

Another thing I noticed is that the attacks were in a triangle, and the sons were not inside of that triangle. They positioned themselves far away from the actions that they themselves were orchestrating.

[ConservativeMan55]

Peter Jennings looks as if somebody's just kicked his dog. I've never seen him so sad!