“Your daughters will be my girlfriends, or I will erase you from the earth,”
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Uday Hussein
Uday Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician, military leader, and businessman. He was the eldest son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and his first wife Sajida Talfah. He was known for his excessive cruelty, abuse of women, erratic behavior, and human rights abuses, which included torture, rape, and murder.
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culture · Iraqi politician and son of Saddam Hussein (1964–2003) · politician · journalist · military personnel · also Uday Hussein, Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti, Uday Saddam Hussein, Hussein
Born 18 June 1964 · Died 22 July 2003 · Q311916
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2026· 5 entries
“The days when Uday came to the university, the girls were hiding in the toilet in fear to escape from his hungry eyes, but it is a known fact that nobody can escape from the lust of Uday and Uday is known for his eerie quietness than for wild craziness.”
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“If anything happens to Uday, I will cut you in pieces.”
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Public attention spiked: 9,693 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 3,054, with 1 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 38,915 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12.7× the usual 3,054, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: added description to Fedayeen Saddam to give context of what it is
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2020· 1 entry
Carscoops: How One Gearhead Tracked Down Uday Hussein’s Elusive Ferrari F40 In Iraq
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2017· 1 entry
His alleged son Massoud claimed that the Iranian government stole his body although this was unproven
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2005· 1 entry
A video of Uday questioning Raed's family was released
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2004· 1 entry
“Still, I believe that the Arab nation has a right to ask: thirty nine missiles? Who will fire the Fortieth?”
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2003· 3 entries
Died 2003-07-22.
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Much of which featured himself in both public and private situations
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Was killed alongside Qusay and his nephew Mustafa by an American task force after a prolonged gunfight in Mosul
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2001· 1 entry
Seven Iraqi players were also imprisoned and beaten, following a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain in the second round of AFC qualifying for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
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2000· 1 entry
To assassinate Ahmed Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress
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1999· 1 entry
An anti-embargo group of French volunteers went to Iraq and a woman was forced to stay with Uday after the party, but they were able to leave the party when one of the women said "we did not come here to be prostitutes"
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1998· 2 entries
And the title of his dissertation was "The world after the Cold War", in which he predicted the United States would no longer be a world power in 2015
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Uday saw an ex-governor's 14-year-old daughter at a party, had her kidnapped, sent her home after three days, and when the girl's father was informed about the rape and talked about what happened, Uday told the man, 'You
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1997· 2 entries
After the assassination attempt, in the garden of Uday's palace, he was forced to sing among the lions
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After singing at private parties in the United States and returning to Baghdad
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1996· 3 entries
Uday was severely injured in an assassination attempt by gunmen, which left him partially paralyzed and able to walk only with great difficulty
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Uday along with Qusay, were said to be involved in the killings of their brothers-in-law, Hussein Kamel al-Majid and Saddam Kamel, who themselves were powerful members of the regime elite
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Maintained distance from Qusay who was rising in ranks and thought to be Saddam's next legitimate successor
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1995· 2 entries
During a fight between his maternal uncle Louay and paternal half uncle Watban Ibrahim, Uday shot Watban as well as the other guests at the party
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Career landmark: commanding officer (1995–1996).
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1993· 1 entry
Iraqi singers of the 70s and 80s, such as Fadel Awad, Saadoun Jaber and Riyadh Ahmed were banned by Uday, on the grounds that they were the singers of the previous generation
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1992· 1 entry
Including his education, have not been verified
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1990· 1 entry
After he was repeatedly arrested for fighting
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1989· 1 entry
Started to pray regularly and never cut it, and he fasted every Monday and Thursday, but he used to drink alcohol continuously
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1988· 1 entry
An act for which he was briefly imprisoned by his father and tried
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1987· 2 entries
Uday allegedly raped the 15-year-old daughter of his father's mistress Shaqraa, a Greek-Lebanese former pageant holder who was the daughter of an oil businessman
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Was forced to be Uday's body double, even going through plastic surgery to resemble him more
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1986· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1986–2003).
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1984· 1 entry
After Uday graduated from university, Saddam appointed him chairman of the Iraqi Olympic Committee and the Iraq Football Association
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1983· 2 entries
His father arranged for him to marry Nada, the daughter of Ali Hassan al-Majid
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Because of [Raghad], Saddam's oldest daughter
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1981· 1 entry
“Women: One Half of Our Society”
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-06-18.
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