Post by Nicole on Oct 29, 2004 19:32:42 GMT -5
March 26 2003 at 11:50 AM
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When Uday was a child, Saddam taught him the Iraqi way of government and terror, reportedly taking him to witness executions and tortures.
In 1979, when Saddam seized power as president of Iraq, Uday was 15, but his reputation for violence was already well known. In high school he reportedly beat his teachers and principal. In his early 20s, when he became head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, the prestigious post became an outlet for Uday's growing ruthlessness. When the Iraqi soccer team lost an important match the players learned the price for displeasing Uday.
"They were all beaten severely on the soles of their feet so that in some cases they couldn't walk for months," says Coughlin.
As Uday's power grew he became more brutal and out of control.
"Uday is a deranged psychopath who has a great capacity for violence," says Coughlin.
Over the years much of that violence was directed towards women. There are reports of Uday snatching women from the streets then raping and murdering them.
Few people know Uday as well as Abbas El-Janabi. He was Uday's assistant for 15 years until he fled Iraq five years ago. He and others describe Uday as a serial rapist.
"I am very sure that he lured some women in order to rape them," says Abbas. "And this is not, you know, only once or twice or three times. This is regular in his life."
By the late 1980s, still in his 20s, Uday was one of the most hated men in Iraq. He required round-the-clock protection. That's why he needed a man named Latif Yahia, who bore a striking resemblance to Uday. Uday ordered him to be his body double and to have his chin and teeth reconstructed to look just like Uday's. Latif says he was forced, in effect, to become a double for a demon.
"The first couple of months were just watching video, how he walk, how he eat, how he smoke how he drink, every single movement in him," says Latif. He was forced to watch the rape of women to "get into character" That is what Uday enjoyed.
He was beat from 6 in the morning until night.
The disguise was so convincing that he says he was shot nine times by assassins targeting Uday. During his four years on the job, the double says he was tortured and imprisoned by his boss. He feared one day Uday would kill him, so he fled Iraq and began a new life in Europe.
No one was exempt from Uday's cruelty. In 1988, he bludgeoned to death one of Saddam's closest aides, a man he believed had insulted his mother's honor. Years later, he even carried out murders against members of his own family.
In 1995, two of Uday's brothers-in-law defected to Jordan. There, one of them revealed secrets about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Saddam lured them home and Uday and his brother orchestrated their deaths.
"They launched basically a military attack on the house with rocket launchers, grenades, heavy machine guns. They killed the sons-in-law, the father, and all the other relatives that were in the house. It was basically a massacre," says Coughlin.
But that very same year something happened that would alter the line of succession in Iraq. Assassins attacked Uday -- shooting him numerous times. The attack left him partially paralyzed and some say even more unstable.
Uday had become a liability for Saddam. The Iraqi dictator would still allow him to play an important role in the government but Saddam reluctantly decided that Uday's brother Qasay would be a better choice as the future ruler of Iraq.
At 36, just two years younger than Uday, relatively little is known about Qasay. But by all accounts, he is just as dangerous as his brother.
Uday's former assistant says he closely
observed Qasay and agrees when it comes to violence, there is little difference between Saddam's sons.
"They are a copy," he says. "They are the same."
At the end of the Gulf war Qasay reportedly supervised the massacre of thousands of Shiite rebels who had been staging an uprising in the south. There are also reports he directed the executions of thousands of dissidents in Iraqi prisons through the 90s.
In recent years Qasay has risen in the ruling party. He is now in charge of Saddam's military and security system.
"Today he is probably the most powerful man in Iraq after Saddam," says Coughlin.
activists Posted 3-28-2003 23:21
Previous Topic | Next Topic >> Return to Index The War! March 27 2003 at 5:58 AM No score for this post heather (Login cynicalbitch) I know that it seems to be a subject much brought up. But, allow me to give you a different prospective. I am a 21 year old female in the Army. I joined shortly before the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center buildings. But after that I became even more convinced of why I joined. You people sit here and bitch and complain that innocent women and children are dieing over there. Where the fuck were you when 9/11 happened? Our own fellow countrymen and women died that. Innocent children died that day! How the hell can you call yourselves Americans? It is morons like you that make me wonder why my own friends and fellow soldiers are over there risking their lives for people like you. You make me sick! You are probably the same people who are protesting this war, but when the shit hits the fan and it is happening on your own doorstep, you will be begging for our help. If you think what we are doing is wrong, then you need to sit back and shut your mouths! Your protesting and complaining about this war is wrong and you have no right to be talking. Sit back, shut the hell up and try thinking about our fellow Americans who are risking their lives to keep this shit off your doorstep! I DID NOT WRITE THIS, AND ACTUAL SOLDIER WROTE THIS AND POSTED IT TO A WEBSITE I FREQUENT. THANKS TO HER COMMENTS IT MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER
No score for this post David (no login)
When Uday was a child, Saddam taught him the Iraqi way of government and terror, reportedly taking him to witness executions and tortures.
In 1979, when Saddam seized power as president of Iraq, Uday was 15, but his reputation for violence was already well known. In high school he reportedly beat his teachers and principal. In his early 20s, when he became head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, the prestigious post became an outlet for Uday's growing ruthlessness. When the Iraqi soccer team lost an important match the players learned the price for displeasing Uday.
"They were all beaten severely on the soles of their feet so that in some cases they couldn't walk for months," says Coughlin.
As Uday's power grew he became more brutal and out of control.
"Uday is a deranged psychopath who has a great capacity for violence," says Coughlin.
Over the years much of that violence was directed towards women. There are reports of Uday snatching women from the streets then raping and murdering them.
Few people know Uday as well as Abbas El-Janabi. He was Uday's assistant for 15 years until he fled Iraq five years ago. He and others describe Uday as a serial rapist.
"I am very sure that he lured some women in order to rape them," says Abbas. "And this is not, you know, only once or twice or three times. This is regular in his life."
By the late 1980s, still in his 20s, Uday was one of the most hated men in Iraq. He required round-the-clock protection. That's why he needed a man named Latif Yahia, who bore a striking resemblance to Uday. Uday ordered him to be his body double and to have his chin and teeth reconstructed to look just like Uday's. Latif says he was forced, in effect, to become a double for a demon.
"The first couple of months were just watching video, how he walk, how he eat, how he smoke how he drink, every single movement in him," says Latif. He was forced to watch the rape of women to "get into character" That is what Uday enjoyed.
He was beat from 6 in the morning until night.
The disguise was so convincing that he says he was shot nine times by assassins targeting Uday. During his four years on the job, the double says he was tortured and imprisoned by his boss. He feared one day Uday would kill him, so he fled Iraq and began a new life in Europe.
No one was exempt from Uday's cruelty. In 1988, he bludgeoned to death one of Saddam's closest aides, a man he believed had insulted his mother's honor. Years later, he even carried out murders against members of his own family.
In 1995, two of Uday's brothers-in-law defected to Jordan. There, one of them revealed secrets about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Saddam lured them home and Uday and his brother orchestrated their deaths.
"They launched basically a military attack on the house with rocket launchers, grenades, heavy machine guns. They killed the sons-in-law, the father, and all the other relatives that were in the house. It was basically a massacre," says Coughlin.
But that very same year something happened that would alter the line of succession in Iraq. Assassins attacked Uday -- shooting him numerous times. The attack left him partially paralyzed and some say even more unstable.
Uday had become a liability for Saddam. The Iraqi dictator would still allow him to play an important role in the government but Saddam reluctantly decided that Uday's brother Qasay would be a better choice as the future ruler of Iraq.
At 36, just two years younger than Uday, relatively little is known about Qasay. But by all accounts, he is just as dangerous as his brother.
Uday's former assistant says he closely
observed Qasay and agrees when it comes to violence, there is little difference between Saddam's sons.
"They are a copy," he says. "They are the same."
At the end of the Gulf war Qasay reportedly supervised the massacre of thousands of Shiite rebels who had been staging an uprising in the south. There are also reports he directed the executions of thousands of dissidents in Iraqi prisons through the 90s.
In recent years Qasay has risen in the ruling party. He is now in charge of Saddam's military and security system.
"Today he is probably the most powerful man in Iraq after Saddam," says Coughlin.
activists Posted 3-28-2003 23:21
Previous Topic | Next Topic >> Return to Index The War! March 27 2003 at 5:58 AM No score for this post heather (Login cynicalbitch) I know that it seems to be a subject much brought up. But, allow me to give you a different prospective. I am a 21 year old female in the Army. I joined shortly before the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center buildings. But after that I became even more convinced of why I joined. You people sit here and bitch and complain that innocent women and children are dieing over there. Where the fuck were you when 9/11 happened? Our own fellow countrymen and women died that. Innocent children died that day! How the hell can you call yourselves Americans? It is morons like you that make me wonder why my own friends and fellow soldiers are over there risking their lives for people like you. You make me sick! You are probably the same people who are protesting this war, but when the shit hits the fan and it is happening on your own doorstep, you will be begging for our help. If you think what we are doing is wrong, then you need to sit back and shut your mouths! Your protesting and complaining about this war is wrong and you have no right to be talking. Sit back, shut the hell up and try thinking about our fellow Americans who are risking their lives to keep this shit off your doorstep! I DID NOT WRITE THIS, AND ACTUAL SOLDIER WROTE THIS AND POSTED IT TO A WEBSITE I FREQUENT. THANKS TO HER COMMENTS IT MADE ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER