Saddam sons killed in loo

The Sun (U.K.) ^ | 07/24/03 | BRIAN FLYNN and BOB GRAHAM

[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.

• THE Queen yesterday offered sympathy to the families of servicemen killed in the Iraq conflict.
  
  As she presented new colours to the Royal Navy on board HMS Ocean in Plymouth, Her Majesty said she spoke as a daughter, wife and mother of naval officers.

[bigfootbob]

I'm glad clarified his statement. He has good taste in motorcycles. He rides a dressed Harley! Gotta give him a little slack, he was probably thinking about his scooter;)

[Treasa]

Hi, No worries, The reporter was quick to say it was a 'slip of the tongue' and he honestly looked mortified he'd said such a thing...He also gave his apologies..
Can you imagine his emabarrasment?

[Radtechtravel]

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

I beg to differ. Pigs are infamous for cannabalism.

[celtic gal]

I think someone on FOX reported that Bill Press ( a real lib) who is on MSNBC, I think, made that remark that the Hussien brothers were murdered! But on FOX yesterday on Hannity and Colmes, Colmes came off saying something to the effect that wouldn't it have been better if they had been captured so that the forces could find out where Saddam is? Duh..I think the troops tried that and got shot at first hence the battle...

[Treasa]

Talk about 'embarrassments'! I'll learn to check my spelling BEFORE sending one day...sorry about that..*smiles*

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Am I a bad person for loving this? I LOVE THIS.

[rwfromkansas]

That's good. I figured the talk show my dad heard only told part of the story.

[wolfman]

Ixnay on the Uday

[gg188]

I could see the body of a man wearing an Arabic dishdasha

I thought they were dish-ragas.

[lainie]

candy gram

[nopardons]

Not at all. LOL

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Well, I also hope they were terrified. Terrified, and cowering in a filthy bathroom. Yeah, that's how I like to think of them going out. ; )

[gg188]

I could see the body of a man wearing an Arabic dishdasha

I thought they were dish-ragas.

[nopardons]

I bet they WERE terrified ! Imagine being in a filthy bathroom, while your young son is the one shooting it out with " THE GREAT SATAN " . I bet Allah doesn't hand out " paradise " and 72 virgins to abject cowards. LOL

[nutmeg]

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[xm177e2]

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

Just because it's a good strategy in cs_militia does not mean it's a good idea for the real world.

[Floratina]

So nice! So graphic! So pro-American!

I believe that the Sun is owned by none other than Rupert Murdoch, just like Fox News :)

[Kaslin]

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

Check this joke out in Strange Cosmos.com

Suicide Bomber Mad at St. Peter

[gg188]

Isn't it funny:

Clinton said after the 93 WTC bombings, and after the USS Cole, and after other terrorist strikes agst the US, "We will hunt you down....blablabla" and he did NOTHING.

BUSH said, "We will hunt you down and we will kill you." AND HE DID!!!!.

That is probably the most important aspect of Uday's and Qusay's deaths: all the two-bit, dishrag-wearing tyrants and killers know now that if they mess with Bush, they will die. Tom Daschle and Bill Clinton and Hillary and Gephart and Rangle and Barney Frank are not going to save you. Mess with us, we will f. you up. The TALIBAN learned----they lived in palaces with rooms full of little boys to bugger all day. We told them to give up Osama and we'd leave them alone. They laughed at us and taunted us. They thought they were dealing with CLINTON's America. A month later the Tailbannies that were still breathing were roaming around the mountains and desert with scorpions, camels and snakes. Now Uday and Qusay learned: Bush gave them plenty of chances to come clean, and they bs'd America, apparently also having fallen into the trap that BUSH would be like CLINTON, i.e., yellow. All they had to do was give up their WMDs, let the inspectors back in, and they could have gone on raping women and torturing people for pleasure for the rest of their lives. What idiots.

Notice how IRAN just TODAY decided to suddenly GIVE UP the Al Queda they have. I imagine their leaders are well aware of what happened in that bathroom and are rethinking what Jesse Jackson and Louis Farakhan and Jimmy Carter have led them to believe for years---that the USA doesn't have the balls to put a boot up their a$$h0le. I bet Bush has set terror back twenty years. Who is going to want to give up their lifestyle like the Taliban and Husseins had and exchange it for death in the crapper! Haha. The Taliban DEFINITELY did not believe we would do it. The Husseins probably didn't really believe we'd do it. I imagine Ill Jong Dong or whatever the hell his name is in North Korea is going to go to sleep tonight with visions of Uday and Qusay in the crapper-ay!

[WellsFargo94]

In the words of Uncle Eddy from Christmas Vacation, "$hitter's full".