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Uday Hussein

Uday Hussein
alternative words: Uday Saddam Hussein, Odai Hussein
keywords: famous person
related topics: Saddam Hussein , Qusay Hussein , Mosul
related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Saddam_Hussein , http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/uday.htm , http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/black-sheep/uday-hussein/
explanation: Born in 1964 as the eldest son of Saddam Hussein and his cousin Sajida Talfah. Once considered as successor natural, he prorogued an anger of his farther in 1988 by killing a servant and was forced to exile to Switzerland. After returned back, he became the head of Iraqi Olympic committees. In 1996, an attempt to assassinate him has shortly failed but his leg paralysed. In 2000, due to his bad reputation, Saddam chose Qusay as his heir. He was killed by American troops in July 2003 at Mosul.


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