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Saddam sons killed in loo
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | 07/24/03 | BRIAN FLYNN and BOB GRAHAM

Posted on 07/23/2003 8:20:45 PM PDT by Pokey78


Under siege ... US troops watch and wait after
missile struck villa sheltering Uday and Qusay

EVIL Uday and Qusay Hussein were blasted to Hell by US troops as they cowered in a grubby toilet, it was revealed last night.

The bloodthirsty brothers were gunned down after a TOW missile slammed into the reinforced concrete villa where they had been tracked down in Mosul, Northern Iraq.

When the shooting stopped, their charred, bullet-riddled bodies were found slumped in the filthy loo, the Pentagon said.

The body of Uday’s bodyguard lay with them. It is believed Qusay’s 14-year-old son Mustafa was the last to fall in the five-hour shoot-out.

He was sprayed with bullets as US troops stormed the first floor stronghold. His body was in a pool of blood in a bedroom next to the corpse-strewn bathroom.

US officials are considering whether to release grisly pictures of the brothers’ bodies to convince Iraqis they really are dead.


Boom ... moment TOW missile was fired at
the hideout used by Saddam's sons


The photos, shown to reporters in Baghdad, show that the men had changed their appearance in a bid to evade capture. Both brothers had grown long beards and Uday had also shaved his head.

They were positively identified by four officials of the old regime. They included Saddam’s former deputy Tariq Aziz and his closest aide Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti — the Ace of Diamonds in the Deck of Death playing cards.

Jubilant President George Bush last night spoke of his joy that the pair had been hunted down and killed.

He said: “Now more than ever, all Iraqis can know that the former regime is gone and will not be coming back.”

Details of the bathroom bloodbath emerged as the full dramatic story of Tuesday’s battle 280 miles north of Baghdad was told.

Witness Anis Dosi said: “It seemed they wanted to shoot the house down piece by piece. The gunfire never stopped and I could see pieces of mortar falling.


Smoke 'em out ... cloud billows from the
building as time runs out for evil pair


“Occasionally there were shots coming out from the house, from the upper floor.”

Troops had moved in at 10pm after a tip-off to America’s 101st Airborne Division that Uday, 40, and Qusay, 37, were holed up inside the Mosul home of businessman Nawaf Zaydan — a cousin of Saddam and a member of his Abu Nasr tribe.

A patrol approached the villa and demanded to search it but got no answer.

Soldiers entering the building were met by a hail of bullets from the first floor.

Three Americans were wounded in a stairwell as they tried to force their way upstairs. Another one outside was hit. The rest retired and called for backup.

Awesome firepower was then brought to bear.


Click graphic to enlarge

Two OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters joined in, firing 2.75-inch rockets and at least one missile at the upper floors of the house, starting a fire.

When the gunships had finished their work there was silence.

Mosul baker Abdul Jabbar Arif, 47, said: “It went suddenly quiet, even the wind stilled. It was like the inside of my ovens, so oppressive and quiet.

“Then the soldiers went in and began pulling the bodies out. They carried them on old blankets.

“On one, I could see the body of a man wearing an Arabic dishdasha.

“It was soaked in blood and I could see he was wearing around his middle a belt for guns. His head fell to one side, off the blanket and I could tell immediately that it was Uday.


Aftermath ... American troops search a BMW car
yesterday outside the battered villa in Mosul
Picture: REUTERS


“Of course I recognised him. You must understand every Iraqi came to recognise Uday. No one ever made the mistake of not recognising him.”

Arif’s shop is less than 30 yards from the villa and owner Zaydan was a customer. He said: “On Monday night Nawaf came in and asked me for 35 pieces of bread.

“I was surprised and he said he had some guests for dinner. They were important men and were very hungry.”

He noticed two black BMW cars parked in the driveway

Next day he saw a US armoured vehicle stop outside Zaydan’s house, just behind his blue BMW.

Arif said: “The soldiers quickly led Zaydan and his 17-year-old eldest son Shalan away. I thought something was wrong.


All dead ... Uday, centre, Qusay and son Mustafa


“I heard a shot from inside the house. One of the soldiers was hit in the leg. Then the shooting began.”

Locals are convinced businessman Zaydan himself turned in the Hussein brothers for the £20million bounty on their heads. It is thought he sought revenge for the jailing of his brother by the regime.

Witnesses say they saw him calmly smoking a cigarette in the back of a US military vehicle as the fierce assault destroyed his home.

The villa was still smouldering yesterday. Parts of it were barely standing. A mattress propped at a window to protect those inside was riddled with bullets.

Lieut General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the Coalition ground forces, said dental records had confirmed the identities of Saddam’s sons.

In Uday’s case there was a 90 per cent match but damage to his teeth made a 100 per cent match impossible.

The General also revealed that one of Saddam’s cousins ranked number 11 on America’s list of 55 most-wanted Iraqi fugitives had been captured in Baghdad.

Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti was commander of Saddam’s Special Republican Guard.

The US military has now seized or killed 37 of those on the list.



TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: firefight; iraq; qusay; rebuildingiraq; uday
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
I like that idea.

Preferably in Mecca but hey--wherever with full 24/7 video cam on the net coverage.
21 posted on 07/23/2003 8:46:36 PM PDT by Quix (PLEASE SHARE THE TRUTH RE BILLDO AND SHRILLERY FAR AND WIDE)
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To: demnomo
So nice! So graphic! So pro-American! (Much more so than our own press, which has had virtually nothing positive to say about this.)
22 posted on 07/23/2003 8:47:04 PM PDT by livius
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To: rwfromkansas
It was Wendell Goler. He apologized for using the word murder. He said that he did not intend to use that word and that he was with everyone else in feeling that it was a great thing that they were killed.
23 posted on 07/23/2003 8:48:17 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: rwfromkansas
I was told it was Wendell Goler.
24 posted on 07/23/2003 8:49:42 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Paul Atreides
Thanks. I am glad he apologized. That takes class.
25 posted on 07/23/2003 8:53:36 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: Pokey78
He later apologized, I have heard. That is good.
26 posted on 07/23/2003 8:55:48 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
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To: rwfromkansas
Agreed.
27 posted on 07/23/2003 8:57:40 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Life imitates art: "The Loo Sanction" by Trevanian.
28 posted on 07/23/2003 9:00:12 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Pokey78
bullet-riddled bodies were found slumped in the filthy loo, the Pentagon said.

That must be the South London branch of the Pentagon I guess.

29 posted on 07/23/2003 9:01:10 PM PDT by Gumption
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To: Pokey78
An appropriate place for them leave this world. they lived in the toilet and they died in the toilet.
30 posted on 07/23/2003 9:07:12 PM PDT by cubreporter
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To: Pokey78
"Saddam sons killed in loo."

A fitting place for two turds.

31 posted on 07/23/2003 9:08:45 PM PDT by blackbart.223
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To: Pokey78
Saddam sons killed in loo

Yes. In loo of their father.

32 posted on 07/23/2003 9:10:18 PM PDT by dead
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To: Paul Atreides
Well on LJ a girl who works for CNN radio expressed how sad it is that they were killed.

She killed the original post and redid it.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/marieofroumania/114635.html

It made it on ljdrama.org till the whiners made them take it down.
33 posted on 07/23/2003 9:10:57 PM PDT by Bogey78O (I'll vote Conservative till I die....Democrat soon after)
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To: Pokey78
"EVIL Uday and Qusay Hussein were blasted to Hell by US troops as they cowered in a grubby toilet, it was revealed last night."

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A fitting end. Who says fate doesn't have a sense of humor?
34 posted on 07/23/2003 9:12:32 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: Pokey78
Uday has left the building.
35 posted on 07/23/2003 9:16:23 PM PDT by jordan8
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
I would like to have seen their carcasses eaten by pigs.

No self-respecting pig would sink their teeth into them.

36 posted on 07/23/2003 9:17:07 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Pokey78
Thank God the Queen isn't a SISSY...unlike our Democrats here.

Thank you soldiers for what you do!!

37 posted on 07/23/2003 9:19:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: Paul Atreides
Wendell Goler is Fox's WEAKEST LINK! I detest his left wing biased "reporting".
38 posted on 07/23/2003 9:21:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: ElkGroveDan
"Killed cowering in a toilet while a child was sent out to defend them. How does that scene rank in muslim machismo protocol? Do they get eternity with 70 women on PMS that look like Janet Reno for that?"

Worse. They get 70 women that look like J Lo, but when you touch her she turns into Helen Thomas.

39 posted on 07/23/2003 9:27:37 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: Pokey78
It all brings to mind an Oscar Wilde quote: One must have a heart of stone to read the death of Little Nell without laughing.
40 posted on 07/23/2003 9:34:35 PM PDT by jordan8
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