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  • For Saddam, this is now a blood feud

    07/27/2003 7:49:37 PM PDT · by weegee · 25 replies · 230+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | July 26, 2003, 11:36PM | By ANDREW M. COCKBURN
    There is no doubt that the deaths of his two sons will be a devastating blow to Saddam Hussein, but those who hope that their loss will leave him a broken man are likely to be disappointed. He'll probably release another audiotape in the next few days saying that he has sacrificed his two sons for the struggle and calling on other Iraqis to be prepared to do the same, one veteran of the Iraqi opposition observed. What was already a life-and-death struggle for Saddam is now also a blood feud. Even so, his grief must be extreme. Saddam has...