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| Qusay escapes assassination |
| 2002-06-25 |
| Iraqi opposition sources said Qusay Hussein, the younger son of Saddam, survived a car bombing. The sources said Qusay was targeted on June 9 in Baghdad when his car was booby-trapped. Damn. That's too bad. And who dunnit? The Supreme Revolutionary Council, a Shi'ite opposition group backed by Iran, said Qusay was coming out of the presidential palace and heading for the headquarters of Iraqi General Intelligence when he came under attack. Qusay was to have entered a waiting car that was rigged with a large bomb that came from a Soviet-origin rocket launcher, identified as an RPG-7. But the council said Qusay was directed to another of eight vehicles at his service. Seconds later, the booby-trapped vehicle exploded and killed Qusay's driver and three bodyguards. That's why he has eight cars and gets in them at random. The Iranian involvement is pretty interesting, I'd think. And certainly they're practiced at setting car bombs. They probably just called somebody in Beirut and the next day it was done. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |