Wives and Children of Aides to Uday Hussein Killed, AFP Reports

Bloomberg Terminal | 4/3/03 | Mark Hughes

[BunnySlippers]

Wives and Children of Aides to Uday Hussein Killed, AFP Reports

Baghdad, April 3 (Bloomberg) -- The wives and children of two close aides of Saddam Hussein's elder son Uday were killed in an allied attack at their farm north of Baghdad, Agence France-Presse cited unidentified relatives of the victims as saying.

Two missiles struck the farm in Ishaqi, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Baghdad, killing the two families, AFP said.

The two aides, Acyl Tabra, first vice-president of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee chaired by Uday, and Bashar Hisham, another board member, were not at the farm at the time of the attack, AFP reported. They were receiving condolences at a central Baghdad mosque today, AFP said.

U.S. and U.K. strikes have targeted buildings connected with Hussein's regime in their bid to topple the Iraqi president. Uday heads the Fedayeen Saddam paramilitary militia which is involved in battles against advancing allied forces.

2003-04-03 11:59 (New York)
--Mark Hughes in London

[YOMO]

That is one way to protect the GENE POOL.

[rageaholic]

Eradicating an enemy regime is like slicing a salami. Piece by piece it goes, until there's nothing left.

[Desecrated]

The noose tightens. Surrender time is over.

[tomahawk]

Send the Baathist/Saddamite/SS/Gestapo beasts to Hell where they belong.

[DoughtyOne]

I suppose there will be lamentation over this. Foget aboud it! Uday has exacted this treatment on countless Iraqi familes. What goes around comes around!

I don't relish any deaths, but I'm not going to waste my time worrying about this incident, when Iraq has been subject to three wars and hundreds of thousands of deaths at the hand of the Hussein family.

[ijcr]

Why do I not feel sorry?

[John Frum]

HA HA!!

Suckers.....

[John Frum]

HA HA!!

Suckers.....

[AgThorn]

This is terrible!!! We are repressing these people!! This government was FREELY elected!!! shame on us!!!

[DoughtyOne]

I should have said, "...at the hands of the Hussein family and their aides."

[Howlin]

TIP: They were receiving condolences at a central Baghdad mosque today

[DoughtyOne]

Exactly!

[DoughtyOne]

I'm sure one or two people employed by the Hussein family showed up.

[Arkinsaw]

Lets see, you are in a war against the greatest military power on earth and you have no effective defenses. You are a high level aide to a war criminal/genocidal maniacal leader. Do you leave the wife and kids where your enemy might think YOU are?

Just plain dumb.

[Howlin]

The ones left alive, no doubt.

[shhrubbery!]

Are these the guys who tortured Iraqi athletes when the athletes didn't perform up to demand?

If so, then I think this Frainnssssh news agency is leaving something important out.

[MHT]

Why trust anything the French would report? For all we really know, this could be internal revenge orchestrated by Hussein's son. The facts on this are not going to come out until the whole thing is over.

[mabelkitty]

The fruit does not fall far from the tree.

[Grampa Dave]

Of Course this story comes from Arab Frog Press.

We should believe nothing that these liars print until we see it confirmed.