By all accounts, Uday Hussein was an evil man, whose lifestyle was funded through illegal
means.
He was a man who was involved in the mass murder, assault and torture of many different
people.
He was also the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, and he was a central part of Saddam’s government.
He was also the heir apparently to his riches and position inside of Iraq, but his brutality
would at some point even alienate his father, to the point where there were talks about
Saddam being succeeded his his second son Qusay.
But Uday would be the second most wanted person of Saddam’s regime following the invasion
of Iraq, but the American troops would catch up with him.
Join us today s we look at the execution of Uday Hussein, the son of Saddam.
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By the standards of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi regime, Uday was a monster and a sadist.
He was a brutal man, and he had a significant amount of privilege as the son of the dictator.
But Uday was not accepted by the powers of the military and security services, who favoured
his other brother.
But Uday had a role in politics, he was elected to parliament with 99% of the vote, but he
would become the most hated man in Iraq.
He was a flamboyant man, but also was very tall standing well over 6 feet, and he enjoyed
the playboy lifestyle, having lavish and loud parties and he also loved fast cars.
But he was also the chair of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the national football team,
and he had a diverse role in the government.
However during one football match, he was so desperate for a win that he rang up the
dressing room at half time and threatened to cut off the player’s legs and throw them
to ravenous dogs.
He also ordered players to be beaten on the soles of their feet after a bad showing.
One footballer was refusing to join a new club and because of this he was kidnapped
by Days men and was beaten and accused of harassment, but the following day he then
accepted Udays offer when he was threatened with death.
It was believed that the punishments inflicted by him were so severe that they sometimes
ended careers and significant destroyed the abilities of the players, to the point where
half of the Iraqi athletes had left the country and many faked illness before playing against
strong competitors so they would not lose and be beaten.
But he was also a man who abused women en mass, and women who caught his eye would be
taken to his palace, which would be filled with drugs.
It’s believed Uday Hussein also had a private torture chamber on the banks of the Tigris,
but in 1988 he would attack his father’s bodyguard and bludgeon him to death in front
of many at a party.
He also shot one of his uncles in the legs, and the crazy behaviour of Uday dissuaded
his father in making him the heir.
Also he had a number of Dailed marriages, and he would treat these wives awfully.
He was in 1996 attacked when gunmen opened fire on his red Porsche in the middle of Baghdad,
and this left Uday permanently struggling with his mobility.
He was a man who murdered many more, and it’s believed he even used an iron maiden torture
device on people.
Many would even allege that Saddam was more humane than Uday was.
He stole over 1 thousand luxury cars also.
If army officers did not salute him then he would execute and murder them instantly.
But at parties he was also known for firing his AK47 indiscriminately when he felt like
it.
Uday would get a body double also as these men were known as bullet catchers, and his
number 2 would be a man in his former class who was serving in the army.
This man had no wish to be a body double for one of the most hated men in Iraq, but he
had no choice in the matter at all.
But after declining he was thrown inside a tiny cell which was painted red, and it was
impossible for him to sleep.
He was also kept awake by the torture of the other inmates, but he then accepted the offer
after his ordeal.
But following the American invasion of Iraq, Uday Hussein was the second most wanted person
behind his father, and the Americans would eventually catch up with Uday Hussein.
Saddam’s closest aid and secretary had been captured and he told American authorities
that Saddam’s sons tried to go to Syria but they were turned back.
They tried again to consider leaving Iraq, and at the time it was not possible.
But they then stayed in their villa, but on the 21st July 2003 a man who had been sheltering
Uday and Qusay left the villa after tipping off the brothers and he then went to the base
of the 101st airborne to turn the two sons over and claim a $30 million reward.
It was said, ‘He was nervous, I could tell more nervous than anyone else I’ve seen
dealing with it.
Yet he had confidence in what he said, more than most people.’
This man gave the exact locations and also described their daily habits and routines.
On the morning of the 22nd July 2003, Task Force 20 along with soldiers of the US 101st
Airborne Division surrounded Uday, Qusay’s home in the city of Mosul.
Uday was the ace of hearts on the most wanted playing cards, and the soldiers then tried
to capture the inhabitants of the house.
Around 200 American soldiers surrounded and fired on the house.
In the firefight Uday was killed.
It took four hours for the US to enter the house, and inside they found four bodies.
The soldiers had tried to enter the house three times, but the brother’s were firing
from a bathroom in the front of the building and they threw grenades at the advancing Americans
too.
They then bombed the house, and fired a number of missiles.
It’s believed that Uday Hussein was killed in a missile strike on the house, with much
of the safehouse being reduced to rubble.
An announcement had been made for the men to come out peacefully, but then Uday fired
at the Americans and the special forces did try to attack but came under very heavy fire.
But it was the missiles that did the job, and later the Americans confirmed through
dental records that Uday Hussein was dead inside the warehouse, and the informant was
given $30million for his information.
Saddam following their death would make a statement saying, ‘"Beloved Iraqis, your
brothers Uday and Qusay, and Mustafa, the son of Qusay, took a stand of faith, which
pleases God, makes a friend happy, and makes an enemy angry.
They stood in the arena of jihad in Mosul, after a valiant battle with the enemy that
lasted six hours.
The armies of aggression mobilised all types of weapons of the ground forces against them
and succeeded to harm them only when they used planes against the house where they were.
Thus, they adopted a stand with which God has honoured this Hussein family so that the
present would be a continuation of the brilliant, genuine, faithful, and honourable past.
We thank God for what he has ordained for us when he honoured us with their martyrdom
for his sake.
We ask Almighty God to satisfy them and all the righteous martyrs after they satisfied
him with their faithful Jihadist stand.
Had Saddam Hussein had 100 children, other than Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein would
have sacrificed them on the same path God honoured us by their martyrdom.
If you had killed Uday, Qusay, Mustafa, and another mujahideen man with them, all the
youths of our nation and the youths of Iraq are Uday, Qusay, and Mustafa in the fields
of jihad."
Uday Hussein was a brutal and barbaric politician and member of government who was also the
oldest son of the Iraqi dictator who would be brought into the execution chamber himself
following his capture.
He was a man who was ruthless and very intimidating, and even his close friends would fear him
greatly.
He was a man who was guilty of a huge score of crimes, but in a firefight he would be
killed at the hands of the American forces.
Shockingly when the Americans entered the vila, they found around $100 million dollars
worth of Iraqi currency, and US dollars.
After his death he was buried in a cemetery near his hometown alongside his brother Qusay.
But he was a man who was completely brutal and barbaric, and he was the most hated man
in the whole of Iraq.
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