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| Iraq |
| Uday was hiding in Baghdad 11 days ago |
| 2003-06-03 |
| Saddam Hussein's elder son Uday was in hiding in Baghdad 11 days ago and had considered giving himself up to U.S. forces, a former body double said on Tuesday. Latif Yahia said he obtained his information in a satellite telephone call with a mutual friend in Baghdad 10 days ago. The friend said that Uday and two bodyguards had stayed at his house in Baghdad for the two prior nights. Yahia, who is in Ireland awaiting a visa to rejoin his family in England, told Reuters he did not know where Uday was now. "He wants to surrender but keeps changing his mind. He sits in his wheelchair crying, he can't go outside because he knows he'll be killed," said Yahia, who acted as a body double for Uday for more than four years before fleeing Iraq in 1991. Torn into little pieces and buried alive "He doesn't want to surrender because he's not sure what will happen to him. One day he says he wants to surrender but the next day he changes his mind," he said. "Uday spent two nights at (the friend's) house. My friend told me that he was in bits -- he needs medicine for his injuries but he has none," added Yahia. Uday was left partially paralysed after a failed attempt to kill him in 1996. Iraqi doctors who had treated Saddam's family said recently that Uday ended up with a slight limp. Sounds like he's had a few additional injuries since then, if he's in a wheel chair. Hope they are real painful. Uday has been accused of brutal human rights abuses including torture and rape. Nothing has been heard of him or other family members since U.S.-led forces overthrew the former Iraqi regime in April. Haven't even found body parts, which is interesting. Uday is number three on the U.S. "most wanted" list. He was commander of Iraq's feared paramilitary unit known as the Saddam Fedayeen, and was also chairman of the Iraqi Olympic Committee. He's scheduled for a rope dance Yahia has written extensively of his time with Uday. His autobiography, "The Devil's Double" is due out on Thursday. Why, what an interesting coincidence! Yahia said the friend was his former neighbour and that the two went to school with Uday. Uday asked the friend to act as a go-between with the U.S. military to negotiate his surrender, according to Yahia. "This man was afraid to do that. He said if I go to the U.S. they will arrest me because they will think I am part of Uday's group," he said. Sounds like he is Yahia said Uday was unlikely to take his own life and would eventually surrender. "He's not strong enough to kill himself -- I know what he's like through years of living with him." Agreed, Uday got his kicks by raping and killing with Daddy to protect him. Without that, he's just another coward. Yahia, who underwent intensive plastic surgery to act as Uday's lookalike, said he felt no sympathy for his former boss. "He made my life hell. He forced me to leave my country and destroyed my personality. I want him brought to justice." Why didn't you tell somebody where he was when you had the chance? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 Becky's right on. Next thing you know this assclown will be on the Today Show promoting his book. What convenient timing. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-06-03 18:49:25 |
| #2 His autobiography, "The Devil's Double" is due out on Thursday. The little liar just made this up. This is all a big publicity stunt. Yeah...it's like ...my friends who know where Uday is...I just talked to them...and guess what...they gave me this really great tidbit that even the American CIA doesn't know about....just a couple of days before my book comes out...yeah....that's it...I gotta personal line to Uday....and oh yeah...buy my book. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-06-03 16:44:50 |
| #1 Run a PCR match on this guy before you let him into england. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-06-03 15:08:50 |