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Iraq
Report: Saddam son suffers from brain hemorrhage
2003-03-20
Uday, the elder son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, struck by brain hemorrhage following conflict with a member of Saddam's Fedayeen on Thursday.
He has a brain?
The Iranian news agency, IRNA, quoted sources in northern Iraq as saying that tough and indecent orders, issued by Uday, who heads Saddam's Fedayeen, had provoked the conflict as the young man attacked Uday.
Too tough and indecent for a Fedayeen, I wonder what that was? Did he tell him to stop beating somebody?
Uday's bodyguards then beat the man to injury, the unconfirmed report said.
I'll bet they did.
According to some observers, the recent report on Uday could be part of the American and the Iraqi opposition propaganda campaign against Saddam Hussein's regime.
I think we'd come up with something better than that.

FOLLOWUP: Here it is from another source, slightly different story...

Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday suffered a cerebral hemorrhage this morning. According to Iranian news agency IRNA, Uday was involved in a fight with his father's body guard last night. There is no information about Uday's current condition. Saddam Hussein's aides are refusing to confirm this information although they admit that a fight did indeed take place in Saddam's palace.
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#13  Can you say runway model.
Posted by: Rupal   2003-03-21 01:56:40  

#12  Oh, for crying out loud--I took that blond in the fishnets home one drunken night in college. Now I find out it was Uday--I should have married her and got into the family business.
Posted by: Anonymous As Well   2003-03-20 19:15:53  

#11  I knew all I had to do was mention Photoshop and the skilled jokers come out of the woodwork ;-)
thanks anonymous
Posted by: Frank G   2003-03-20 17:48:31  

#10  Who's that sexy babe?!?
Oh sh%t, my glasses....
Posted by: RW   2003-03-20 14:21:21  

#9  
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-03-20 13:09:41  

#8  Somebody say Photoshop ?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-03-20 12:57:39  

#7  Too bad it wasn't a 9mm brain hemorrhage.
Posted by: Pete Stanley   2003-03-20 12:18:44  

#6  Speaking of last night, anyone else get the distinct feeling that it was NOT Saddam? His face looked slightly...off. As much of his face that I could see behind those enourmous glasses, anyway.
Posted by: Crescend   2003-03-20 12:17:22  

#5  I wonder if this is at all related to the attack on Uday (he's the dumb one) at a boating club a few days ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the "tough and indecent order" involved sodomy in the club boathouse!
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2003-03-20 12:16:33  

#4  A 2,000 JDAMS hemorrhage, I'll bet.


But seriously, what better way to explain Uday's sudden death/disappearance. This would also explain why "Saddam" (or his double) looked so shaken last night.
Posted by: H.D. Miller   2003-03-20 12:06:09  

#3  Chuck - sounds like a job for: Photoshop!
Posted by: Frank G   2003-03-20 11:39:48  

#2  How could anyone tell that the hemorrhage is recent?

Our propaganda would probably say that Uday is a sissy girl and likes dogs and pigs. And he wears kneehigh stockings.
Posted by: Chuck   2003-03-20 11:32:52  

#1  Speaking of last night, anyone else get the distinct feeling that it was NOT Saddam? His face looked slightly...off. As much of his face that I could see behind those enourmous glasses, anyway.
Posted by: Crescend   3/20/2003 12:17:22 PM  

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