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Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Nasiri al-Tikriti (or Qusai, Arabic: قصي صدام حسين; 17 May 1966 – 22 July 2003) was an Iraqi politician, military leader, and the second son of Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as his father's heir apparent in 2000. He was also in charge of the Republican Guard, a branch of the Iraqi military.
Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein. Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, were killed during an American military operation conducted on July 22, 2003, in the city of Mosul, Iraq. The operation originally intended to apprehend them, but turned into a four-hour gun battle outside a fortified safehouse which ended ...
May 13, 2024 · Qusay Hussein (born May 17, 1966, Baghdad, Iraq—died July 22, 2003, Mosul, Iraq) was an Iraqi official who was the second son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He and his older brother Uday were instrumental in their father’s brutal 24-year rule over Iraq. Although Qusay was considered as ruthless as his older brother, he was more discreet ...
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Feb 9, 2010 · Learn about the deaths of Saddam Hussein's sons, Qusay and Uday, who were killed by U.S. forces in 2003 after a three-hour firefight in Mosul. Find out about their brutal and ruthless lives, their roles in their father's regime and their fates after his capture.
Jun 20, 2019 · Qusay was born in the small village of Abujna in northern Iraq. He is the middle child of seven siblings—six boys and one girl. When he was about 15, Qusay’s family left the farm where he had spent his childhood and moved to Hatra, an ancient fortified city and UNESCO World Heritage site.
Jul 23, 2003 · Before the US-led war which toppled Saddam Hussein, younger son Qusay was the heir apparent to the Iraqi strongman’s throne. Qusay was Saddam’s main strategist during the war.
Aug 3, 2003 · Uday and Qusay Hussein are buried in Awja, Iraq, in funeral that touches off outpouring of nostalgia for their fugitive father, Saddam Hussein, and angry calls to rid Iraq of its American ...
