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| name = Uday Hussein
| name = Uday Hussein
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|order = Commander of the [[Fedayeen Saddam]]
|order = Commander of the [[Fedayeen Saddam]]
|term_start = 1995
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Raghad Hussein (Sister)
Raghad Hussein (Sister)
| parents = [[Saddam Hussein]] (dead)<br />[[Sajida Talfah]]
| parents = [[Saddam Hussein]] (dead)<br />[[Sajida Talfah]]

|religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
|allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Iraq|1991}} [[Baathist Iraq]]
|allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Iraq|1991}} [[Baathist Iraq]]
|branch = [[Fedayeen Saddam]]
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|battles = [[Iraq War|Iraq War of 2003]]
|battles = [[Iraq War|Iraq War of 2003]]
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'''Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti''' ({{lang-ar|عُدي صدّام حُسين}}) (June 1964&nbsp;– 22 July 2003) was the oldest son of [[Saddam Hussein]], the fifth [[President]] of [[Iraq]]. He had one younger brother named [[Qusay Hussein]]. For years, people thought that Uday would become the head of Iraq after his father died. However, Uday lost this place to Qusay for several reasons: because Uday was badly [[Injury|injured]] in an [[assassination]] attempt; because his behavior was often out of control; and because his relations with his family became more and more troubled.
'''Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti''' ({{lang-ar|عُدي صدّام حُسين}}) (June 1964&nbsp;– 22 July 2003) was the oldest son of [[Saddam Hussein]], the fifth [[President]] of [[Iraq]]. He had one younger brother named Qusay Hussein. For years, people thought that Uday would become the head of Iraq after his father died. However, Uday lost this place to Qusay for several reasons: because Uday was badly [[Injury|injured]] in an [[assassination]] attempt; because his behavior was often out of control; and because his relations with his family became more and more troubled.


Uday has been accused of many crimes, including many [[rape]]s, [[murder]]s, and [[torture]].<ref>Suzanne Goldenberg [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/19/iraq.football "Footballers who paid the penalty for failure"], ''The Guardian'', 19 April 2003</ref> Uday was [[prison|imprisoned]] several times, [[exile]]d, and received a token [[Death penalty|death sentence]] by his father's [[regime]]. After the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|United States-led invasion of Iraq]] in 2003, [[Task force 20]] killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son [[Mustapha Hussein|Mustapha]] after a four-hour gunfight in [[Mosul]].
Uday has been accused of many crimes, including [[rape]], [[murder]], and [[torture]].<ref>Suzanne Goldenberg [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/19/iraq.football "Footballers who paid the penalty for failure"], ''The Guardian'', 19 April 2003</ref> Uday was [[prison|imprisoned]] several times, [[exile]]d, and received a token [[Death penalty|death sentence]] by his father's [[regime]]. After the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|United States-led invasion of Iraq]] in 2003, Ta[[2003 invasion of Iraq|F]]<nowiki/>k force 20 killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son Mustapha during a four-hour gunfight in [[Mosul]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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=== Early life and education ===
=== Early life and education ===
[[File:Saddam-family-Pre1995.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Saddam family in the mid-1980s. Uday is standing in the middle back row with the black jacket on]]
[[File:Saddam-family-Pre1995.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Saddam family in the mid-1980s. Uday is standing in the middle back row with the black jacket on]]
Uday was born in [[Tikrit]], Iraq, to [[Saddam Hussein]] and [[Sajida Talfah]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2965538.stm |title=No UK Asylum for Saddam’s Family |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 June 2003 |website=BBC News |publisher= |accessdate=10 May 2016 |quote=}}</ref> Saddam was in prison for the first three years of Uday's life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Holloway, Diane E. |date=June 1, 2002 |title=Analyzing Leaders, Presidents, and Terrorists |url= |location= |publisher=iUniverse |page=283 |isbn=978-0595232642}}</ref>
Uday was born in [[Tikrit]], Iraq, to [[Saddam Hussein]] and Sajida Talfah.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2965538.stm |title=No UK Asylum for Saddam's Family |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=5 June 2003 |website=BBC News |access-date=10 May 2016 }}</ref> Saddam was in prison for the first three years of Uday's life.<ref>{{cite book |author=Holloway, Diane E. |date=June 1, 2002 |title=Analyzing Leaders, Presidents, and Terrorists |url=https://archive.org/details/analyzingleaders0000dian |publisher=iUniverse |page=[https://archive.org/details/analyzingleaders0000dian/page/283 283] |isbn=978-0595232642}}</ref>


Uday graduated from [[high school]] with very high marks. He started [[university]] at Baghdad University College of [[Medicine]], but he only lasted three days there. After that, he moved to the College of [[Engineer]]ing. Uday got a [[Academic degree|degree]] in engineering and graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Baghdad University]]. However, some of his professors later admitted that Uday barely managed to earn passing grades in many of his classes. They said he was given the honor of ''summa cum laude'', and the rank of valedictorian (ranking first out of 76 students) because he was the President's son.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
Uday graduated from [[high school]] with very high marks. He started [[university]] at Baghdad University College of [[Medicine]], but he only lasted three days there. After that, he moved to the College of [[Engineer]]ing. Uday got a [[Academic degree|degree]] in engineering and graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from Baghdad University. However, some of his professors later admitted that Uday barely managed to earn passing grades in many of his classes. They said he was given the honor of ''summa cum laude'', and the rank of valedictorian (ranking first out of 76 students) because he was the President's son.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}


Many sources say that Qusay was clearly Saddam's favorite son.<ref name=time/><ref>{{cite book |author=Tucker, Spencer C. |date=October 8, 2010 |title=The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts (Volume II: E-L) |url= |location= |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=546 |isbn=978-1851099481}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Mockaitis, Thomas R. |date=2013 |title=The Iraq War Encyclopedia |url= |location= |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=169 |isbn=978-0313380631}}</ref> When Uday was in his early 20s, Saddam wrote him a letter on official presidential letterhead. A classmate of Uday's and a bodyguard both said Saddam wrote something like "Don't be like your [mother's father], with no morals or principles."<ref name=time/>
Many sources say that Qusay was clearly Saddam's favorite son.<ref name=time/><ref>{{cite book |author=Tucker, Spencer C. |date=October 8, 2010 |title=The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts (Volume II: E-L) |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=546 |isbn=978-1851099481}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Mockaitis, Thomas R. |date=2013 |title=The Iraq War Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=169 |isbn=978-0313380631}}</ref> When Uday was in his early 20s, Saddam wrote him a letter on official presidential letterhead. A classmate of Uday's and a bodyguard both said Saddam wrote something like, "Don't be like your [mother's] father], with no morals or principles."<ref name=time/>


=== Losing favor with Saddam ===
=== Losing favor with Saddam ===
In 1988, Uday became even more unpopular with his father.<ref name="bashir">{{cite book|last1=Bashir|first1=Ala|author1-link=Ala Bashir|last2=Sunnanå|first2=Lars Sigurd|author2-link=Lars Sigurd Sunnanå|editor1-last=Schreuder|editor1-first=Liesbeth|date=20 June 2004|title=Getuigenissen van Saddams lijfarts: berichten uit een duistere, krankzinnige wereld|trans-title=Testimonials from Saddam's personal physician: messages from a dark, insane world.|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9071206106|language=Dutch|others=Translated by Annemarie Smit|publisher=[[Het Spectrum]]|isbn=978-90-71206-10-8}}</ref> In October 1988, Saddam had a party for [[Egypt]]ian President [[Hosni Mubarak|Hosni Mubarak's]] wife, [[Suzanne Mubarak|Suzanne]]. At the party, in front of all the guests, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and food taster, [[Kamel Hana Gegeo]]. Uday beat Gegeo, and according to [[witness]]es, stabbed him with an [[Electric knife|electric carving knife]]. Gegeo had recently introduced Saddam to a younger woman, [[Samira Shahbandar]], who later became Saddam's [[Polygamy|second wife]]. Uday thought this was an insult to his mother. He also may have feared that Saddam would make Gegeo, not Uday, his [[Heir apparent|heir]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Judith|author-link=Judith Miller|year=1990|title=Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0099898608|publisher=[[Random House|Random House Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-09-989860-3}}</ref>
In 1988, Uday became even more unpopular with his father.<ref name="bashir">{{cite book|last1=Bashir|first1=Ala|author1-link=Ala Bashir|last2=Sunnanå|first2=Lars Sigurd|author2-link=Lars Sigurd Sunnanå|editor1-last=Schreuder|editor1-first=Liesbeth|date=20 June 2004|title=Getuigenissen van Saddams lijfarts: berichten uit een duistere, krankzinnige wereld|trans-title=Testimonials from Saddam's personal physician: messages from a dark, insane world.|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=9071206106|language=nl|others=Translated by Annemarie Smit|publisher=[[Het Spectrum]]|isbn=978-90-71206-10-8}}</ref> In October 1988, Saddam had a party for [[Egypt]]ian President [[Hosni Mubarak|Hosni Mubarak's]] wife, [[Suzanne Mubarak|Suzanne]]. At the party, in front of all the guests, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and food taster, Kamel Hana Gegeo. Uday beat Gegeo and, according to [[witness]]es, stabbed him with an electric carving knife. Gegeo had recently introduced Saddam to a younger woman, Samira Shahbandar, who later became Saddam's [[Polygamy|second wife]]. Uday thought this was an insult to his mother. He may also have feared that Saddam would make Gegeo, not Uday, his [[Heir apparent|heir]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Judith|author-link=Judith Miller|year=1990|title=Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0099898608|publisher=[[Random House|Random House Publishing Group]]|isbn=978-0-09-989860-3}}</ref>


As [[punishment]] for the murder, Saddam briefly imprisoned his son and [[Death penalty|sentenced him to death]]. However, Uday probably served only three months in a [[private prison]].<ref name="bashir" /> In response to personal intervention from [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|date=15 August 1995|title=The Vendetta That Is Jolting the House of Hussein|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/15/world/the-vendetta-that-is-jolting-the-house-of-hussein.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref> Saddam released Uday, [[Banishment|banishing]] him to [[Switzerland]] as the assistant to the Iraqi [[ambassador]] there. He was expelled by the [[Swiss government]] in 1990 after he was repeatedly [[arrest]]ed for fighting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rogers|first=Patrick|date=28 August 1995|title=Blood Feud in Baghdad|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101431,00.html|newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]|accessdate=16 March 2012}}</ref>
As [[punishment]] for the murder, Saddam briefly imprisoned his son and [[Death penalty|sentenced him to death]]. However, Uday probably served only three months in a [[private prison]].<ref name="bashir" /> In response to personal intervention from [[Hussein of Jordan|King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Ibrahim|first=Youssef M.|date=15 August 1995|title=The Vendetta That Is Jolting the House of Hussein|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/15/world/the-vendetta-that-is-jolting-the-house-of-hussein.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Saddam released Uday, [[Banishment|banishing]] him to [[Switzerland]] as the assistant to the Iraqi [[ambassador]] there. He was expelled by the Swiss government in 1990 after he was repeatedly [[arrest]]ed for fighting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rogers|first=Patrick|date=28 August 1995|title=Blood Feud in Baghdad|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101431,00.html|newspaper=[[People (magazine)|People]]|access-date=16 March 2012|archive-date=31 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110331015538/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20101431,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Fedayeen Saddam SSI.svg|thumb|right|Uday became the head of the Fedayeen Saddam, a [[paramilitary]] group]]
[[File:Fedayeen Saddam SSI.svg|thumb|right|Uday became the head of the Fedayeen Saddam, a [[paramilitary]] group]]


=== Return to Iraq ===
=== Return to Iraq ===


Saddam later put Uday in charge of the [[National Olympic Committee of Iraq|Iraqi Olympic Committee]] and the [[Iraq Football Association]]. Uday [[torture]]d Olympic athletes who failed to win.<ref name="bashir" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Yaeger|first=Don|author-link=Don Yaeger|date=24 March 2003|title=Son of Saddam|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2003/03/24/son_of_saddam/|newspaper=[[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=26 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Uday's torture chamber opened|url=http://www.news24.com/World/Archives/IraqiDossier/Udays-torture-chamber-opened-20040724|newspaper=[[News24]]|location=Cape Town|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=24 July 2004|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref> He also became the editor of the ''[[Babel (newspaper)|Babel]]'' [[newspaper]]; the general secretary of the [[General Union of Students in Iraqi Republic|Iraqi Union of Students]]; and the head of the [[Fedayeen Saddam]].<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Saddam pounces on son's newspaper|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2495481.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=20 November 2002|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref> Uday seemed proud of his [[reputation]] and called himself ''Abu Sarhan'', an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] term for "[[wolf]]".<ref name="FoxNews">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Obituary: Uday Saddam Hussein|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/07/23/obituary-uday-saddam-hussein/|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|agency=Associated Press|date=23 July 2003|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>
Saddam later put Uday in charge of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the Iraq Football Association. Uday [[torture]]d Olympic athletes who failed to win.<ref name="bashir" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Yaeger|first=Don|author-link=Don Yaeger|date=24 March 2003|title=Son of Saddam|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2003/03/24/son_of_saddam/|newspaper=[[Sports Illustrated]]|access-date=26 May 2010|archive-date=29 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229091437/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2003/03/24/son_of_saddam/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Uday's torture chamber opened|url=http://www.news24.com/World/Archives/IraqiDossier/Udays-torture-chamber-opened-20040724|newspaper=[[News24]]|location=Cape Town|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=24 July 2004|access-date=24 February 2014}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He also became the editor of the ''Babel'' [[newspaper]]; the general secretary of the Iraqi Union of Students; and the head of the Fedayeen Saddam.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Saddam pounces on son's newspaper|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2495481.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=20 November 2002|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Uday seemed proud of his [[reputation]] and called himself ''Abu Sarhan'', an [[Arabic language|Arabic]] term for "[[wolf]]".<ref name="FoxNews">{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Obituary: Uday Saddam Hussein|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/07/23/obituary-uday-saddam-hussein/|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]|agency=Associated Press|date=23 July 2003|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>


In December 1996, somebody tried to assassinate Uday. Uday was driving at the time, and was hit by many bullets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gellman|first1=Barton|title=Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/feud021097.htm|accessdate=27 September 2014|publisher=Washington Post|date=10 February 1997}}</ref> He was permanently injured.<ref name="bashir" /> At first, doctors thought he was [[Paralysis|paralyzed]]. He was evacuated to [[Ibn Sina Hospital]]. He had many surgeries, but a bullet was so close to his [[spinal cord]] that his doctors could not remove it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gellman|first=Barton|author-link=Barton Gellman|date=10 February 1997|title=Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/feud021097.htm|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref> Eventually, he was able to walk, but not without a limp.<ref name="bashir" /> Because of Uday's disabilities, Saddam gave Qusay more responsibility and authority, and named him as his [[heir apparent]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blair|first=David|author-link=David Blair (journalist)|date=23 July 2003|title=Brothers grim: life and times of two tyrants|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/23/1058853122488.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|accessdate=24 February 2014|via=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
In December 1996, somebody tried to assassinate Uday. Uday was driving at the time, and he was hit by many bullets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gellman|first1=Barton|title=Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/feud021097.htm|access-date=27 September 2014|newspaper=Washington Post|date=10 February 1997}}</ref> He was permanently injured.<ref name="bashir" /> At first, doctors thought he was [[Paralysis|paralyzed]]. He was evacuated to Ibn Sina Hospital. He had many surgeries, but a bullet was so close to his [[spinal cord]] that his doctors could not remove it.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gellman|first=Barton|author-link=Barton Gellman|date=10 February 1997|title=Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/feud021097.htm|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref> Eventually, he was able to walk, but not without a limp.<ref name="bashir" /> Because of Uday's disabilities, Saddam gave Qusay more responsibility and authority, and named him as his [[heir apparent]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Blair|first=David|author-link=David Blair (journalist)|date=23 July 2003|title=Brothers grim: life and times of two tyrants|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/07/23/1058853122488.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=24 February 2014|via=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In a sign of [[loyalty]] to Saddam, [[Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri]], who was vice president of the [[Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq)|Revolutionary Command Council]], agreed to let Uday [[Marriage|marry]] his daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/118356/izzat-ibrahim-al-douri-saddam-husseins-pal-key-stopping-isis|title=Saddam Hussein's Faithful Friend, the King of Clubs, Might Be the Key to Saving Iraq|date=24 June 2014|website=New Republic|accessdate=8 April 2015}}</ref> But al-Douri had so much influence over Saddam that he could make Saddam promise the marriage would never be consummated. (This means his daughter would never have to [[Sexual intercourse|have sex]] with Uday.) However, soon after the marriage, because of Uday's violent and out-of-control behaviour, al-Douri quickly asked that his daughter be allowed to [[divorce]] Uday.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Izzat Ibrahim: Top Saddam loyalist|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2333927.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=3 January 2007|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>
In a sign of [[loyalty]] to Saddam, [[Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri]], who was vice president of the Revolutionary Command Council, agreed to let Uday [[Marriage|marry]] his daughter.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/118356/izzat-ibrahim-al-douri-saddam-husseins-pal-key-stopping-isis|title=Saddam Hussein's Faithful Friend, the King of Clubs, Might Be the Key to Saving Iraq|date=24 June 2014|magazine=New Republic|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> But al-Douri had so much influence over Saddam that he could make Saddam promise the marriage would never be consummated. (This means his daughter would never have to [[Sexual intercourse|have sex]] with Uday.) However, soon after the marriage, because of Uday's violent and out-of-control behavior, al-Douri quickly asked that his daughter be allowed to [[divorce]] Uday.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Izzat Ibrahim: Top Saddam loyalist|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2333927.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=3 January 2007|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>


Uday loved luxury cars, especially [[Europe]]an [[sports car]]s. He collected many hundreds of these cars. According to witnesses, Uday had thousands of suits, and each suit had to match the color of the car he was driving that day.<ref name=demon/> When U.S.-led military forces were about to take over [[Baghdad]], he ordered his bodyguards to burn the cars so the United States could not take them.<ref name=time/>
Uday loved luxury cars, especially [[Europe]]an [[sports car]]s. He collected hundreds of these cars. According to witnesses, Uday had thousands of suits, and each suit had to match the color of the car he was driving that day.<ref name=demon/> When U.S.-led military forces were about to take over [[Baghdad]], he ordered his bodyguards to burn the cars so the United States could not take them.<ref name=time/>


In 2002, Uday opened accounts with [[Yahoo!]] and [[MSN Messenger]]. This created [[controversy]]. At the time, the United States had [[trade sanction]]s against Iraq. This meant Iraq was not allowed to use American products. By using Yahoo! and MSN Messenger, Uday was violating these trade sanctions.<ref>{{cite news|last=McWilliams|first=Brian|date=11 November 2002|title=Guess Who Yahoos? Saddam's Son|url=https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/11/56292|newspaper=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>
In 2002, Uday opened accounts with [[Yahoo!]] and [[MSN Messenger]]. This created [[controversy]]. At the time, the United States had trade sanctions against Iraq. This meant Iraq was not allowed to use American products. By using Yahoo! and MSN Messenger, Uday was violating these trade sanctions.<ref>{{cite news|last=McWilliams|first=Brian|date=11 November 2002|title=Guess Who Yahoos? Saddam's Son|url=https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2002/11/56292|newspaper=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>


Uday also built up a large video collection, found in his [[palace]] in 2003. Many of the videos showed himself in both public and private situations.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=1 June 2003|title=Uday's Home Movies|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2003/06/01/uday-s-home-movies.html|newspaper=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=4 April 2011}}</ref>
Uday also built up a large video collection, which was found in his [[palace]] in 2003. Many of the videos showed him in both public and private situations.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=1 June 2003|title=Uday's Home Movies|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2003/06/01/uday-s-home-movies.html|newspaper=[[Newsweek]]|access-date=4 April 2011}}</ref>


== Accusations of crimes ==
== Accusations of crimes ==


=== Crimes against athletes ===
=== Crimes against athletes ===
Uday was accused of imprisoning, torturing, and even murdering [[athlete]]s {{ndash}} both men and women.<ref name=mackay/> As head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, when Uday thought players did not play well enough, he ordered them to be tortured or sent to prison.<ref name=burns>{{cite news |author=Burns, John F. |title=Reign of Terror: Soccer Players Describe Torture by Hussein’s Son |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/international/worldspecial/06TORT.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |date=6 May 2003 |accessdate=10 May 2016 }}</ref> According to many reports, torturers beat and [[Caning|caned]] the soles of the [[Association football|football]] players' feet. This caused severe pain without leaving visible marks on the rest of their bodies.<ref name=mackay>{{cite news |author=Mackay, Duncan |title=Torture of Iraq’s Athletes |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/feb/02/athletics.duncanmackay1 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London, England]] |date=1 February 2003 |accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref> Uday reportedly kept scorecards with written instructions on how many times each player should be beaten after a poor showing.<ref name=burns/> One [[Defection|defector]] reported that jailed football players were forced to kick a [[concrete]] ball after failing to reach the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] finals.<ref name=burns/><ref name="Shaw">{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Karl|year=2004|title=Power Mad!: A Book Of Deranged Dictators|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1843171066|publisher=[[Michael O'Mara Books]]|isbn=978-18-4317-106-5}}</ref>
Uday was accused of imprisoning, torturing, and even murdering [[Sportsperson|athlete]]s {{ndash}} both men and women.<ref name=mackay/> As head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, when Uday thought players did not play well enough, he ordered them to be tortured or sent to prison.<ref name=burns>{{cite news |author=Burns, John F. |title=Reign of Terror: Soccer Players Describe Torture by Hussein's Son |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/06/international/worldspecial/06TORT.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=[[New York, New York]] |date=6 May 2003 |access-date=10 May 2016 }}</ref> According to many reports, torturers beat and [[Caning|caned]] the soles of the [[Association football|football]] players' feet. This caused severe pain without leaving visible marks on the rest of their bodies.<ref name=mackay>{{cite news |author=Mackay, Duncan |title=Torture of Iraq's Athletes |url= https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/feb/02/athletics.duncanmackay1 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=[[London, England]] |date=1 February 2003 |access-date=10 May 2016}}</ref> Uday reportedly kept scorecards with written instructions on how many times each player should be beaten after a poor showing.<ref name=burns/> One [[Defection|defector]] reported that jailed football players were forced to kick a [[concrete]] ball after failing to reach the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] finals.<ref name=burns/><ref name="Shaw">{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Karl|year=2004|title=Power Mad!: A Book Of Deranged Dictators|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1843171066|publisher=[[Michael O'Mara Books]]|isbn=978-18-4317-106-5}}</ref>


Uday would [[insult]] athletes who performed below his expectations by calling them [[dog]]s and [[monkey]]s to their faces.<ref name="Goldenberg">{{cite news|last=Goldenberg|first=Suzanne|date=23 July 2003|title=Uday: career of rape, torture and murder|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1004174,00.html|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|accessdate=5 November 2006}}</ref> The Iraqi national football team were seen with their heads shaved after failing to achieve a good result in a [[tournament]] in the 1980s. It was widely said that Uday ordered the shaving to punish the players.<ref name=mackay/><ref name=burns/>
Uday would [[insult]] athletes who performed below his expectations by calling them [[dog]]s and [[monkey]]s to their faces.<ref name="Goldenberg">{{cite news|last=Goldenberg|first=Suzanne|date=23 July 2003|title=Uday: career of rape, torture and murder|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1004174,00.html|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|access-date=5 November 2006}}</ref> The Iraqi national football team was seen with their heads shaved after failing to achieve a good result in a [[tournament]] in the 1980s. It was widely said that Uday ordered the shaving to punish the players.<ref name=mackay/><ref name=burns/>


Another defector claimed that athletes were dragged through a [[gravel]] pit and then put in a [[sewage]] tank so their wounds would become [[Infection|infected]].<ref name="FoxNews" /><ref name=mackay/> After [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] lost 4–1 to [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in the quarter finals of the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] in [[Lebanon]], [[goalkeeper]] Hashim Hassan, [[Defender (football)|defender]] Abdul Jaber, and [[Striker|forward]] Qahtan Chatir were labelled as [[Guilt (law)|guilty]] of loss and eventually [[Flogging|flogged]] for three days by Uday's security guards.<ref name=mackay/><ref name="Shaw" />
Another defector claimed that athletes were dragged through a [[gravel]] pit and then put in a [[sewage]] tank so their wounds would become [[Infection|infected]].<ref name="FoxNews" /><ref name=mackay/> After [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] lost 4-1 to [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in the quarterfinals of the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] in [[Lebanon]], [[goalkeeper]] Hashim Hassan, [[Defender (football)|defender]] Abdul Jaber, and [[Striker|forward]] Qahtan Chatir were labeled [[Guilt (law)|guilty]] of loss and eventually [[Flogging|flogged]] for three days by Uday's security guards.<ref name=mackay/><ref name="Shaw" />


=== Kidnapping and rape ===
=== Kidnapping and rape ===
Uday was well known for [[kidnapping]] young Iraqi girls and women from the streets in order to [[rape]] them. Uday was known to go into parties and pick out women whom he would later rape. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' published an article in 2003 detailing his sexual brutality.<ref name=time>{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Brian|last2=Weisskopf|first2=Michael|date=2 June 2003|title=The Sum Of Two Evils|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,454453,00.html|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="bashir" />
Uday was well known for [[kidnapping]] young Iraqi girls and women from the streets in order to [[rape]] them. Uday was known to go into parties and pick out women whom he would later rape. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' published an article in 2003 detailing his sexual brutality.<ref name=time>{{cite news|last1=Bennett|first1=Brian|last2=Weisskopf|first2=Michael|date=2 June 2003|title=The Sum Of Two Evils|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,454453,00.html|newspaper=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501205947/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,454453,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bashir" />


{{rquote|left|''Uday ordered a father to bring his 14- and 12-year-old girls to him. He told the girls' father: '''"Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wife you off the face of the earth."''' The man obeyed.''}}
{{rquote|left|''Uday ordered a father to bring his 14- and 12-year-old girls to him. He told the girls' father: '''"Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth."''' The man obeyed.''}}


For example, ''Time'' reported that in 1998, Uday kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, kept her for three days, and raped her. The girl's father kept complaining, in public, that Uday had raped his daughter. After three months, Uday sent two guards to threaten the girl's father. He also ordered the father to bring both his 14-year-old and 12-year-old daughters to Uday's next party. He told the girls' father: "Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth." The man obeyed, and brought both girls to the next party.<ref name=time/>
For example, ''Time'' reported that in 1998, Uday kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, kept her for three days, and raped her. The girl's father kept complaining, in public, that Uday had raped his daughter. After three months, Uday sent two guards to threaten the girl's father. He also ordered the father to bring both his 14-year-old and 12-year-old daughters to Uday's next party. He told the girls' father: "Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth." The man obeyed, and brought both girls to the next party.<ref name=time/>


''Time'' also reported that two different times, Uday showed up at [[wedding]]s and took away the [[bride]] to rape. The first time, in the late 1990s, after Uday raped the bride, the [[groom]] shot himself in the head. The second time, in October 2002, Uday raped the bride, burned her body with [[acid]], and killed her.<ref name=time/>
''Time'' also reported that twice Uday showed up at [[wedding]]s and took away the [[bride]] to rape. The first time, in the late 1990s, after Uday raped the bride, the [[groom]] shot himself in the head. The second time, in October 2002, Uday raped the bride, burned her body with [[acid]], and killed her.<ref name=time/>


===Torture===
===Torture===
[[File:Nürnberg - Eiserne Jungfrau.jpg|thumb|right|Drawing of two iron maidens]]
[[File:Nürnberg - Eiserne Jungfrau.jpg|thumb|right|Drawing of two iron maidens]]
Uday was also well known for torturing anyone who disagreed with him. For example, he once beat an army officer unconscious when the man refused to allow Uday to dance with his wife. The man later died of his injuries. Uday also shot and killed an army officer who did not salute him.<ref name="FoxNews" />
Uday was also well known for torturing anyone who disagreed with him. For example, he once beat an army officer [[Consciousness|unconscious]] when the man refused to allow Uday to dance with his wife. The man later died of his injuries. Uday also shot and killed an army officer who did not salute him.<ref name="FoxNews" />


Uday was reported to have his own private torture chamber.<ref name="Goldenberg" /> He used many different ways of torturing people, including an [[iron maiden]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Bobby|author-link=Bobby Ghosh|date=19 April 2003|title=Iron Maiden Found in Uday Hussein's Playground|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,444889,00.html|newspaper=Time|accessdate=7 February 2006}}</ref>
Uday was reported to have his own private torture chamber.<ref name="Goldenberg" /> He used many different ways of torturing people, including an iron maiden.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Bobby|author-link=Bobby Ghosh|date=19 April 2003|title=Iron Maiden Found in Uday Hussein's Playground|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,444889,00.html|newspaper=Time|access-date=7 February 2006|archive-date=28 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828052338/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,444889,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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=== Illegal trading ===
=== Illegal trading ===
Uday gained millions of United States dollars by running fake [[corporation]]s and illegally trading with [[Iran]] (Iraq's sworn enemy). At this time, the United Nations did not allow Iraq to trade with other countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mideastweb.org/687.htm|title=UN Security Council Resolution 687 |author=[[United Nations Security Council]] |date=3 April 1991 |website=MidEast Web |publisher=United Nations |accessdate=10 May 2016 |quote=}}</ref> By using fake corporations, Uday was able to get around this rule. From Iran, he was able to get almost anything he wanted.
Uday gained millions of United States dollars by running fake [[corporation]]s and illegally trading with [[Iran]] (Iraq's sworn enemy). At this time, the United Nations did not allow Iraq to trade with other countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mideastweb.org/687.htm|title=UN Security Council Resolution 687 |author=[[United Nations Security Council]] |date=3 April 1991 |website=MidEast Web |publisher=United Nations |access-date=10 May 2016 }}</ref> By using fake corporations, Uday was able to get around this rule. From Iran, he was able to get almost anything he wanted.


{{Anchor|zoo}}
When U.S. troops captured his [[mansion]] in Baghdad, they found a personal [[zoo]] stocked with [[lion]]s and [[cheetahs]]; an underground [[parking garage]] for his collection of luxury cars; [[Cuban cigars]] inscribed with Uday's name; and millions of dollars worth of fine [[wine]]s, [[liquor]], and [[heroin]].<ref name=crs>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mmZkf7dselMC&pg=PA19070&lpg=PA19070&dq=uday+lion+cheetah+heroin+associated+press&source=bl&ots=lyWucdMSkx&sig=4kftrm03q9Dy7ZKP35E9k3WBGaw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjr_M2NDMAhXpIMAKHevsC3IQ6AEIQjAG#v=onepage&q=uday%20lion%20cheetah%20heroin%20associated%20press&f=false |title=Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 14, July 17, 2003 to July 25, 2003 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 July 2003 |website= |publisher=Government Printing Office |accessdate=10 May 2016 |quote=}}</ref> They also found an [[HIV]] testing kit.<ref name="Goldenberg" /><ref name=crs/>
When U.S. troops captured his [[mansion]] in Baghdad, they found a personal [[zoo]] with [[lion]]s and [[cheetahs]]; an underground [[parking garage]] for his collection of luxury cars; [[Cuban cigars]] inscribed with Uday's name; and millions of dollars worth of fine [[wine]]s, [[liquor]], and [[heroin]].<ref name=crs>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mmZkf7dselMC&dq=uday+lion+cheetah+heroin+associated+press&pg=PA19070 |title=Congressional Record, V. 149, PT. 14, July 17, 2003 to July 25, 2003 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=23 July 2003 |publisher=Government Printing Office |isbn=9780160785528 |access-date=10 May 2016 }}</ref> They also found an [[HIV]] testing kit.<ref name="Goldenberg" /><ref name=crs/>


== Death ==
== Death ==
[[File:Uday_qusay_house.jpg|right|thumb|House of Uday and Qusay in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by U.S. forces, 31 July 2003]]
[[File:Uday_qusay_house.jpg|right|thumb|House of Uday and Qusay in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by U.S. forces, 31 July 2003]]
On 22 July 2003, Task Force 20 and the [[United States Army]] [[101st Airborne Division]] raided a home in Mosul, Iraq. They surrounded Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's 14-year-old son, Mustapha. They had received a tip from an Iraqi that Uday and Qusay were in the home.
On 22 July 2003, Task Force 20 and the [[United States Army]] [[101st Airborne Division]] raided a home in Mosul, Iraq. They surrounded Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's 14-year-old son, Mustapha. They had been told by an Iraqi that Uday and Qusay were in the home.


United States soldiers got Uday to show himself by [[hot-wiring]] Uday's [[Lamborghini]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Clayton Bellamy|date=7 May 2004|title=Soldier says he hot-wired Odai Hussein's Lamborghini|url=http://www.myplainview.com/article_c76b2808-2fea-54bf-823c-0c2b038728a8.html|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|accessdate=7 July 2014}}</ref> After Uday appeared, a gunfight started. As many as 200 American soldiers, along with [[Kiowa scout helicopter|OH-58 Kiowa]] [[helicopter]]s and an [[A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 "Warthog"]], surrounded and fired upon the house. They killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son. After about four hours of [[battle]], soldiers entered the house and found four bodies, including the Hussein brothers' [[bodyguard]].
United States soldiers got Uday to show himself by [[hot-wiring]] Uday's [[Lamborghini]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Clayton Bellamy|date=7 May 2004|title=Soldier says he hot-wired Odai Hussein's Lamborghini|url=http://www.myplainview.com/article_c76b2808-2fea-54bf-823c-0c2b038728a8.html|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|access-date=7 July 2014|archive-date=29 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429185201/http://www.myplainview.com/article_c76b2808-2fea-54bf-823c-0c2b038728a8.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After Uday appeared, a gunfight started. As many as 200 American soldiers, along with [[Kiowa scout helicopter|OH-58 Kiowa]] [[helicopter]]s and an [[A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 "Warthog"]], surrounded and fired upon the house. They killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son. After about four hours of [[battle]], soldiers entered the house and found four bodies, including the Hussein brothers' [[bodyguard]].


[[Dental records]] proved that two of the men killed in the house were Uday and Qusay, according to the [[United States Military]]. They also announced that the person who gave them the tip about where Uday and Qusay were staying would get a $30 million reward.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=23 July 2003|title=Iraq informant set for $30m reward|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/23/sprj.irq.reward/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]]|accessdate=15 December 2008}}</ref>
[[Dental records]] proved that two of the men killed in the house were Uday and Qusay, according to the [[United States Military]]. They also announced that the person who gave them the tip about where Uday and Qusay were staying would get a $30 million reward.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=23 July 2003|title=Iraq informant set for $30m reward|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/23/sprj.irq.reward/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=15 December 2008}}</ref>


[[File:Airborne and Special Forces Uday-Qusay raid, 2003.jpg|right|thumb|Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and U.S. Special Operations (Task Force 20) watch as a [[TOW missile]] strikes the side of a house occupied by Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, on 22 July 2003]]
[[File:Airborne and Special Forces Uday-Qusay raid, 2003.jpg|right|thumb|Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and U.S. Special Operations (Task Force 20) watch as a [[TOW missile]] strikes the side of a house occupied by Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, on 22 July 2003]]
The United States Military released graphic pictures of the Hussein brothers' dead bodies. Many people criticized this decision. When criticized, the U.S. Military's response was to point out that these men were no ordinary [[combatants]]. The Military also said they released the pictures to prove that Uday and Qusay were dead, and that they hoped this would bring closure to the [[Iraqi people]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zorn|first=Eric|author-link=Eric Zorn|date=11 June 2006|title=Displaying foes' dead hurts cause|url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/06/displaying_foes.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|accessdate=24 February 2014}}</ref>
The United States Military released graphic pictures of the Hussein brothers' dead bodies. Many people said this was wrong. When criticized, the U.S. Military's response was to point out that these men were no ordinary [[combatants]]. The Military also said they released the pictures to prove that Uday and Qusay were dead, and that they hoped this would bring closure to the [[Iraqi people]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Zorn|first=Eric|author-link=Eric Zorn|date=11 June 2006|title=Displaying foes' dead hurts cause|url=http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/06/displaying_foes.html|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=24 February 2014}}</ref>


Uday was buried in a [[cemetery]] near [[Tikrit]] alongside Qusay and Mustapha Hussein. After his [[execution]] in 2006, Saddam Hussein was buried in the same cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_latest |title=Hussein Buried in Same Cemetery as Sons |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=31 December 2006 |website=CNN Online |publisher=Time Warner |accessdate=10 May 2016 |quote=}}</ref>
Uday was buried in a [[cemetery]] near [[Tikrit]] alongside Qusay and Mustapha Hussein. After his [[execution]] in 2006, Saddam Hussein was buried in the same cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/30/hussein.funeral/index.html?eref=rss_latest |title=Hussein Buried in Same Cemetery as Sons |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=31 December 2006 |website=CNN Online |publisher=Time Warner |access-date=10 May 2016 }}</ref>


That night, and several nights following Uday and Qusay Hussein's death, celebratory gunfire could be heard throughout Baghdad.<ref name=demon>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8681025/Saddams-demon-seed.html|title=Saddam's demon seed|date=6 August 2011|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>
That night, and several nights following Uday and Qusay Hussein's death, celebratory gunfire could be heard throughout Baghdad.<ref name=demon>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8681025/Saddams-demon-seed.html|title=Saddam's demon seed|date=6 August 2011|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref>


== In popular culture ==
== In popular culture ==
Uday has been portrayed in several movies and books. [[Latif Yahia]] has written three books about Uday: ''I Was Saddam's Son''; ''The Devil's Double''; and ''The Black Hole''. In these books, Yahia says he was forced to be a [[body double]] for Uday.<ref name=yahia>{{cite web |url=http://www.latifyahia.net/books.html |title=Books |author=Yahia, Latif |date=2016 |website=Official Website of Latif Yahia |publisher=Latif Yahia |accessdate=April 4, 2016 |quote=}}</ref> ''The Devil's Double'' was made into a movie, starring [[Dominic Cooper]] as Uday.<ref name=yahia/> The National Geographic Channel also produced an episode of ''Locked Up Abroad'' that tells Lahia's story.<ref>Bartlett, David (Director) (27 June 2012). [http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/locked-up-abroad/videos/case-file-latif-yahia/ ''Son of Saddam''] (Documentary). Locked Up Abroad: National Geographic Channel.</ref>
Uday has been portrayed in several movies and books. [[Latif Yahia]] has written three books about Uday: ''I Was Saddam's Son''; ''The Devil's Double''; and ''The Black Hole''. In these books, Yahia says he was forced to be a [[body double]] for Uday.<ref name=yahia>{{cite web |url=http://www.latifyahia.net/books.html |title=Books |author=Yahia, Latif |date=2016 |website=Official Website of Latif Yahia |publisher=Latif Yahia |access-date=April 4, 2016 }}</ref> ''The Devil's Double'' was made into a movie, starring [[Dominic Cooper]] as Uday.<ref name=yahia/> The National Geographic Channel also produced an episode of ''Locked Up Abroad'' that tells Lahia's story.<ref>Bartlett, David (Director) (27 June 2012). [http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/locked-up-abroad/videos/case-file-latif-yahia/ ''Son of Saddam''] (Documentary). Locked Up Abroad: National Geographic Channel.</ref>


Uday was played by [[Philip Arditti]] in ''[[House of Saddam]].''<ref>Holmes, Alex; & O’Hanlon, Jim (Directors). (2008). ''House of Saddam'' (Television Mini-Series). [[BBC]]: HBO Films.</ref>
Uday was played by [[Philip Arditti]] in ''[[House of Saddam]].''<ref>Holmes, Alex; & O’Hanlon, Jim (Directors). (2008). ''House of Saddam'' (Television Mini-Series). [[BBC]]: HBO Films.</ref>
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==Other websites==
==Other websites==
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/uday.htm GlobalSecurity.org: Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/uday.htm GlobalSecurity.org: Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti]
* [http://www.desert-voice.net/saddam_sons.htm DesertVoice.net: Saddam's sons]
* [http://www.desert-voice.net/saddam_sons.htm DesertVoice.net: Saddam's sons] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20021209223535/http://www.desert-voice.net/saddam_sons.htm |date=2002-12-09 }}
* [http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/Battle_at_hideout_of_Oday_and_Qusay_Hussein Album of Photos taken of the raid that killed Uday et al.]—Militaryphotos.net
* [http://media.militaryphotos.net/photos/Battle_at_hideout_of_Oday_and_Qusay_Hussein Album of Photos taken of the raid that killed Uday et al.]—Militaryphotos.net
* [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=123&art_id=qw1086431402502B262&set_id=1 Revenge for killing Saddam's sons]
* [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=123&art_id=qw1086431402502B262&set_id=1 Revenge for killing Saddam's sons]
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Uday Hussein
Commander of the Fedayeen Saddam
In office
1995–1996
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byQusay Saddam
Personal details
Born(1964-06-18)18 June 1964
Tikrit, Iraqi Republic
Died22 July 2003(2003-07-22) (aged 39)
Mosul, Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq
ParentsSaddam Hussein (dead)
Sajida Talfah
RelativesQusay Hussein (brother, deceased) Raghad Hussein (Sister)
Military service
Allegiance Baathist Iraq
Branch/serviceFedayeen Saddam
Years of service1995-2003
RankCommander
Battles/warsIraq War of 2003

Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (Arabic: عُدي صدّام حُسين) (June 1964 – 22 July 2003) was the oldest son of Saddam Hussein, the fifth President of Iraq. He had one younger brother named Qusay Hussein. For years, people thought that Uday would become the head of Iraq after his father died. However, Uday lost this place to Qusay for several reasons: because Uday was badly injured in an assassination attempt; because his behavior was often out of control; and because his relations with his family became more and more troubled.

Uday has been accused of many crimes, including rape, murder, and torture.[1] Uday was imprisoned several times, exiled, and received a token death sentence by his father's regime. After the United States-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, TaFk force 20 killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son Mustapha during a four-hour gunfight in Mosul.

Biography

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Early life and education

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The Saddam family in the mid-1980s. Uday is standing in the middle back row with the black jacket on

Uday was born in Tikrit, Iraq, to Saddam Hussein and Sajida Talfah.[2] Saddam was in prison for the first three years of Uday's life.[3]

Uday graduated from high school with very high marks. He started university at Baghdad University College of Medicine, but he only lasted three days there. After that, he moved to the College of Engineering. Uday got a degree in engineering and graduated summa cum laude from Baghdad University. However, some of his professors later admitted that Uday barely managed to earn passing grades in many of his classes. They said he was given the honor of summa cum laude, and the rank of valedictorian (ranking first out of 76 students) because he was the President's son.[source?]

Many sources say that Qusay was clearly Saddam's favorite son.[4][5][6] When Uday was in his early 20s, Saddam wrote him a letter on official presidential letterhead. A classmate of Uday's and a bodyguard both said Saddam wrote something like, "Don't be like your [mother's] father], with no morals or principles."[4]

Losing favor with Saddam

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In 1988, Uday became even more unpopular with his father.[7] In October 1988, Saddam had a party for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's wife, Suzanne. At the party, in front of all the guests, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and food taster, Kamel Hana Gegeo. Uday beat Gegeo and, according to witnesses, stabbed him with an electric carving knife. Gegeo had recently introduced Saddam to a younger woman, Samira Shahbandar, who later became Saddam's second wife. Uday thought this was an insult to his mother. He may also have feared that Saddam would make Gegeo, not Uday, his heir.[8]

As punishment for the murder, Saddam briefly imprisoned his son and sentenced him to death. However, Uday probably served only three months in a private prison.[7] In response to personal intervention from King Hussein of Jordan,[9] Saddam released Uday, banishing him to Switzerland as the assistant to the Iraqi ambassador there. He was expelled by the Swiss government in 1990 after he was repeatedly arrested for fighting.[10]

Uday became the head of the Fedayeen Saddam, a paramilitary group

Return to Iraq

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Saddam later put Uday in charge of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the Iraq Football Association. Uday tortured Olympic athletes who failed to win.[7][11][12] He also became the editor of the Babel newspaper; the general secretary of the Iraqi Union of Students; and the head of the Fedayeen Saddam.[13] Uday seemed proud of his reputation and called himself Abu Sarhan, an Arabic term for "wolf".[14]

In December 1996, somebody tried to assassinate Uday. Uday was driving at the time, and he was hit by many bullets.[15] He was permanently injured.[7] At first, doctors thought he was paralyzed. He was evacuated to Ibn Sina Hospital. He had many surgeries, but a bullet was so close to his spinal cord that his doctors could not remove it.[16] Eventually, he was able to walk, but not without a limp.[7] Because of Uday's disabilities, Saddam gave Qusay more responsibility and authority, and named him as his heir apparent in 2000.[17]

Personal life

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In a sign of loyalty to Saddam, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who was vice president of the Revolutionary Command Council, agreed to let Uday marry his daughter.[18] But al-Douri had so much influence over Saddam that he could make Saddam promise the marriage would never be consummated. (This means his daughter would never have to have sex with Uday.) However, soon after the marriage, because of Uday's violent and out-of-control behavior, al-Douri quickly asked that his daughter be allowed to divorce Uday.[19]

Uday loved luxury cars, especially European sports cars. He collected hundreds of these cars. According to witnesses, Uday had thousands of suits, and each suit had to match the color of the car he was driving that day.[20] When U.S.-led military forces were about to take over Baghdad, he ordered his bodyguards to burn the cars so the United States could not take them.[4]

In 2002, Uday opened accounts with Yahoo! and MSN Messenger. This created controversy. At the time, the United States had trade sanctions against Iraq. This meant Iraq was not allowed to use American products. By using Yahoo! and MSN Messenger, Uday was violating these trade sanctions.[21]

Uday also built up a large video collection, which was found in his palace in 2003. Many of the videos showed him in both public and private situations.[22]

Accusations of crimes

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Crimes against athletes

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Uday was accused of imprisoning, torturing, and even murdering athletes – both men and women.[23] As head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, when Uday thought players did not play well enough, he ordered them to be tortured or sent to prison.[24] According to many reports, torturers beat and caned the soles of the football players' feet. This caused severe pain without leaving visible marks on the rest of their bodies.[23] Uday reportedly kept scorecards with written instructions on how many times each player should be beaten after a poor showing.[24] One defector reported that jailed football players were forced to kick a concrete ball after failing to reach the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals.[24][25]

Uday would insult athletes who performed below his expectations by calling them dogs and monkeys to their faces.[26] The Iraqi national football team was seen with their heads shaved after failing to achieve a good result in a tournament in the 1980s. It was widely said that Uday ordered the shaving to punish the players.[23][24]

Another defector claimed that athletes were dragged through a gravel pit and then put in a sewage tank so their wounds would become infected.[14][23] After Iraq lost 4-1 to Japan in the quarterfinals of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon, goalkeeper Hashim Hassan, defender Abdul Jaber, and forward Qahtan Chatir were labeled guilty of loss and eventually flogged for three days by Uday's security guards.[23][25]

Kidnapping and rape

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Uday was well known for kidnapping young Iraqi girls and women from the streets in order to rape them. Uday was known to go into parties and pick out women whom he would later rape. Time published an article in 2003 detailing his sexual brutality.[4][7]

“ Uday ordered a father to bring his 14- and 12-year-old girls to him. He told the girls' father: "Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth." The man obeyed. ”

For example, Time reported that in 1998, Uday kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, kept her for three days, and raped her. The girl's father kept complaining, in public, that Uday had raped his daughter. After three months, Uday sent two guards to threaten the girl's father. He also ordered the father to bring both his 14-year-old and 12-year-old daughters to Uday's next party. He told the girls' father: "Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I'll wipe you off the face of the earth." The man obeyed, and brought both girls to the next party.[4]

Time also reported that twice Uday showed up at weddings and took away the bride to rape. The first time, in the late 1990s, after Uday raped the bride, the groom shot himself in the head. The second time, in October 2002, Uday raped the bride, burned her body with acid, and killed her.[4]

Torture

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Drawing of two iron maidens

Uday was also well known for torturing anyone who disagreed with him. For example, he once beat an army officer unconscious when the man refused to allow Uday to dance with his wife. The man later died of his injuries. Uday also shot and killed an army officer who did not salute him.[14]

Uday was reported to have his own private torture chamber.[26] He used many different ways of torturing people, including an iron maiden.[27]

According to a family friend who spoke to Time magazine:

“ A family friend says the day Uday discovered the Internet was "a black day for Iraqis," because he used it to learn of torture methods from other ages and lands that he decided to try. He would lock victims in coffins for days at a time, says the source, or put them in pillories. According to a family friend, he also liked to have offenders beaten on one side. Then he would order medical tests and have the thrashings continue until the kidney on that side had conclusively failed.

Uday's favorite punishment was the medieval falaqa, a rod with clamps that go around the ankles so that the offender, feet in the air, can be hit on the bare soles [of the feet] with a stick. A top official in radio and TV says he received so many beatings for trivial mistakes like being late for meetings or making grammatical errors on his broadcasts that Uday ordered him to carry a falaqa in his car.

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Illegal trading

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Uday gained millions of United States dollars by running fake corporations and illegally trading with Iran (Iraq's sworn enemy). At this time, the United Nations did not allow Iraq to trade with other countries.[28] By using fake corporations, Uday was able to get around this rule. From Iran, he was able to get almost anything he wanted.

When U.S. troops captured his mansion in Baghdad, they found a personal zoo with lions and cheetahs; an underground parking garage for his collection of luxury cars; Cuban cigars inscribed with Uday's name; and millions of dollars worth of fine wines, liquor, and heroin.[29] They also found an HIV testing kit.[26][29]

Death

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House of Uday and Qusay in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by U.S. forces, 31 July 2003

On 22 July 2003, Task Force 20 and the United States Army 101st Airborne Division raided a home in Mosul, Iraq. They surrounded Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's 14-year-old son, Mustapha. They had been told by an Iraqi that Uday and Qusay were in the home.

United States soldiers got Uday to show himself by hot-wiring Uday's Lamborghini.[30] After Uday appeared, a gunfight started. As many as 200 American soldiers, along with OH-58 Kiowa helicopters and an A-10 "Warthog", surrounded and fired upon the house. They killed Uday, Qusay, and Qusay's son. After about four hours of battle, soldiers entered the house and found four bodies, including the Hussein brothers' bodyguard.

Dental records proved that two of the men killed in the house were Uday and Qusay, according to the United States Military. They also announced that the person who gave them the tip about where Uday and Qusay were staying would get a $30 million reward.[31]

Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division and U.S. Special Operations (Task Force 20) watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of a house occupied by Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, on 22 July 2003

The United States Military released graphic pictures of the Hussein brothers' dead bodies. Many people said this was wrong. When criticized, the U.S. Military's response was to point out that these men were no ordinary combatants. The Military also said they released the pictures to prove that Uday and Qusay were dead, and that they hoped this would bring closure to the Iraqi people.[32]

Uday was buried in a cemetery near Tikrit alongside Qusay and Mustapha Hussein. After his execution in 2006, Saddam Hussein was buried in the same cemetery.[33]

That night, and several nights following Uday and Qusay Hussein's death, celebratory gunfire could be heard throughout Baghdad.[20]

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Uday has been portrayed in several movies and books. Latif Yahia has written three books about Uday: I Was Saddam's Son; The Devil's Double; and The Black Hole. In these books, Yahia says he was forced to be a body double for Uday.[34] The Devil's Double was made into a movie, starring Dominic Cooper as Uday.[34] The National Geographic Channel also produced an episode of Locked Up Abroad that tells Lahia's story.[35]

Uday was played by Philip Arditti in House of Saddam.[36]

In his book Separation of Power, Vince Flynn describes Uday's behavior. In the book, the main character, Mitch Rapp, pretends to be Uday.[37]

References

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  1. ↑ Suzanne Goldenberg "Footballers who paid the penalty for failure", The Guardian, 19 April 2003
  2. ↑ "No UK Asylum for Saddam's Family". BBC News. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Holloway, Diane E. (1 June 2002). Analyzing Leaders, Presidents, and Terrorists. iUniverse. p. 283. ISBN 978-0595232642.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Bennett, Brian; Weisskopf, Michael (2 June 2003). "The Sum Of Two Evils". Time. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Spencer C. (8 October 2010). The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars: The United States in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq Conflicts (Volume II: E-L). ABC-CLIO. p. 546. ISBN 978-1851099481.
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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Bashir, Ala; Sunnanå, Lars Sigurd (20 June 2004). Schreuder, Liesbeth (ed.). Getuigenissen van Saddams lijfarts: berichten uit een duistere, krankzinnige wereld [Testimonials from Saddam's personal physician: messages from a dark, insane world.] (in Dutch). Translated by Annemarie Smit. Het Spectrum. ISBN 978-90-71206-10-8.
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  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Obituary: Uday Saddam Hussein". Fox News Channel. Associated Press. 23 July 2003. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  15. ↑ Gellman, Barton (10 February 1997). "Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  16. ↑ Gellman, Barton (10 February 1997). "Iraq's Family Feud Leaves Bloody Trail". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  17. ↑ Blair, David (23 July 2003). "Brothers grim: life and times of two tyrants". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 February 2014 – via The Daily Telegraph.
  18. ↑ "Saddam Hussein's Faithful Friend, the King of Clubs, Might Be the Key to Saving Iraq". New Republic. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  19. ↑ "Izzat Ibrahim: Top Saddam loyalist". BBC News. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Saddam's demon seed". Telegraph.co.uk. 6 August 2011.
  21. ↑ McWilliams, Brian (11 November 2002). "Guess Who Yahoos? Saddam's Son". Wired. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  22. ↑ "Uday's Home Movies". Newsweek. 1 June 2003. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 Mackay, Duncan (1 February 2003). "Torture of Iraq's Athletes". The Guardian. London, England. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Burns, John F. (6 May 2003). "Reign of Terror: Soccer Players Describe Torture by Hussein's Son". The New York Times. New York, New York. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
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  30. ↑ Clayton Bellamy (7 May 2004). "Soldier says he hot-wired Odai Hussein's Lamborghini". AP. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
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  32. ↑ Zorn, Eric (11 June 2006). "Displaying foes' dead hurts cause". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  33. ↑ "Hussein Buried in Same Cemetery as Sons". CNN Online. Time Warner. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Yahia, Latif (2016). "Books". Official Website of Latif Yahia. Latif Yahia. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  35. ↑ Bartlett, David (Director) (27 June 2012). Son of Saddam (Documentary). Locked Up Abroad: National Geographic Channel.
  36. ↑ Holmes, Alex; & O’Hanlon, Jim (Directors). (2008). House of Saddam (Television Mini-Series). BBC: HBO Films.
  37. ↑ Flynn, Vince (2001). Separation of Power. Pocket Star. ISBN 978-1439135730

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