22 July 2003. A team of U.S. troops surrounded large villas in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Because they received information that Saddam's two sons, Uday and Kusai, were hiding here.
When the U.S. military just surrounded the villa, the people in the villa opened fire, which undoubtedly proved that the intelligence was correct.
The two sides fought fiercely for four hours, but Udai and the others had no intention of surrendering their weapons. The U.S. military, anxious to win, could only send helicopters to bomb the villa.
When the Americans entered the villa with the sound of bombers, they saw three murky bodies that had been blown up, one of which was maimed, apparently Saddam's eldest son, Uday.
In addition, the U.S. military also found a large number of dollars, adult products and some prohibited items in the villa.
Many Iraqis were ecstatic about Uday's death. In the past years, the Iraqi people have long had enough of this evil "eldest son of the president"...
Saddam's eldest son, Udai
In 1965, Saddam's eldest son, Uday, was born. At this time, Saddam Hussein was arrested and imprisoned for his revolutionary activities in the country, and he was unable to see Uday.
Six months later, Saddam's wife took Uday with her to visit the prison. When Saddam Hussein embraced the 6-month-old child, his heart was very happy.
Saddam Hussein rejoiced not only because of father-son nature, but also because the infant child could be his perfect "messenger."
According to the rules at the time, Saddam's wife could visit the prison with her children once a week. At this time, Saddam Hussein took the opportunity to hold the child and stuffed his written letters into the swaddling.
In this way, Saddam Hussein was able to communicate with "his own people" in a timely manner.
In 1967, Saddam Hussein successfully escaped from prison with the help of his Ba'ath Party, and soon after became the number two person in the Ba'ath Party.
For all this luck, Saddam Hussein attributed it to his son Udai. As a result, Saddam Hussein was very fond of Uday and continued to cultivate him as a successor.
Saddam Hussein
When Uday was 6 or 7 years old, Saddam Hussein taught him how to shoot a gun and took him to the execution ground to be tested in blood. Saddam Hussein instilled in Udai from an early age the idea that he should learn to use violence to gain rights, control others, and do whatever it takes to survive. Only one's own family can always believe. Under the "careful" cultivation of Saddam, Uday has a very brutal personality.
In 1979, Saddam Hussein successfully became the president of Iraq, and he concentrated power in one. At this time, Uday, who was only 14 years old, had begun to bully and bully in schools.
Fearing that his eldest son was in danger, Saddam Hussein assigned several bodyguards to Uday and followed him to school. It was these bodyguards who made Udai run amok in school. Whoever provoked him would be beaten severely, severely and directly disabled, even the teacher.
By the time he got to college, Uday was getting more and more excessive. In addition to his long-standing tradition of beating people, Uday also uses his authority to throw those who offend him into prison at will.
Not only that, Udai also loves to show off, likes to drive luxury cars, and his behavior is even more extreme to the extent of a perversion.
In 1984, he graduated from Udai University. Saddam Hussein gave him his first position as President of the Iraqi Olympic Committee, in charge of sports in Iraq.
Uday (first from the right)
Perhaps to meet his father's expectations, Uday attaches great importance to sports performance. But the means he used to achieve results were extremely brutal. As long as he loses, Uday will torture the players, and if anyone dares to oppose him, or if he does not like it, he will shoot him directly.
After taking charge of sports, Udai successively served as the president of the Federation of Students, the chairman of the Youth Federation, and the deputy director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Ba'ath Party. He was brutal, but not too stupid. He understood that public opinion propaganda was very important for his family, so he hosted the Babylon Newspaper, made himself chairman, and set up a "youth station" on television to publicize government policies and encourage Iraqi youth to devote themselves to national construction.
Saddam Hussein was praised for this practice, which gave him additional control of the special security apparatus and intelligence gathering. Uday organized the training of about 50,000 "Saddam Death Squads" as Saddam Hussein's special security forces.
With his father's approval and protection, Uday was lawless in Iraq. In order to rob a beautiful woman, he had the woman's two lovers fed directly to the lion.
But, like the father-son relationship in many extended families, Uday and his father gradually developed a rift.
Saddam Haddam had a very trusted bodyguard. The bodyguard would test drugs for him and introduce him to women.
With a new, beautiful woman, Saddam Gradually became disgusted with Uday's mother. This act caused the dissatisfaction of Udai, who had a deep affection for his mother.
Uday did not dare to blatantly accuse his father, but he would not spare the culprit's bodyguard.
Saddam Hussein with his wife
In 1988, at a party, Uday suddenly pointed a gun at the bodyguard and scolded him, and asked the other party to lay down his weapon.
The bodyguard is also hard-boned, and he firmly says "I only listen to the president". This sentence instantly ignited Uday's anger, and he did not hesitate to shoot and kill the bodyguard.
When Saddam Hussein found out, he was so angry that he ordered Udai to be imprisoned for 40 days and had different people flogg him. A rift began to appear between father and son.
In fact, although Saddam Hussein was annoyed, because of the Islamic state's emphasis on the status of the eldest son's heir, he did not intend to continue to harshly rebuke Udai.
However, Uday believes that he has developed an irreconcilable conflict with his father.
Therefore, after coming out of the confinement room, Uday's behavior became more perverted and unscrupulous.
Group photo of Saddam Hussein's family
Udai was, so he frequently attended parties, used high-powered telescopes to hunt among the guests, and when he found the target, he sent people to forcibly abduct him, even the daughters of some government officials, Udai did not let go.
In addition, Udai spends 5 nights a week in the "Baghdad Yacht Club" on the banks of the Tigris River. Here, he asked his men to prepare more than 20 young and beautiful girls every night for him to choose one or two.
Most of these women were ordinary people, and after being raped by Udai, they were often covered in bruises. Thus the name of the demon of Uday began to spread among the people.
On the evening of December 12, 1996, Uday was shot while driving down Mansour Street in Baghdad and was shot several times.
After rescue, although Uday saved his life, the bullet on the side of the spine has not been removed, which has led to him becoming a disabled person and can only walk in a wheelchair.
Coussay
After his disability, Udai completely lost his position as heir, but did not change his behavior, and still acted arbitrarily in the luxurious palace where he lived. When the US military captured Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, people really understood the luxurious life of Udai.
He owns herds of beautiful women, his private zoo has lions, bears and Indian leopards, his warehouses are stocked with millions of dollars worth of fine wine, drinks and heroin, and his home is filled with Cuban cigars and boxes of champagne.
Even more eye-catching is the luxury car of Udai. Udai's collection of famous cars is particularly attentive. The use of cars is also particularly exquisite.
On different occasions, Uday will use different cars. He owns 18 Rolls-Royces, 3 Bentleys, 22 Mercedes,3 Jaguars, 4 Cadillacs, and so on.
Probably because there are too many cars, some famous cars have been put in the garage and dusted, and have not been used at all.
In addition, a luxurious hideout of Uday on the outskirts of Karbala has also been discovered. The American "Time Magazine" reported that it is the 'love nest' of Udai, which contains love letters from countless girlfriends of Udai.
Inside the house, there were burned and mutilated $50 and $100 bills. And these banknotes were used by Udai to light cigars.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, thousands of people stormed into the usually forbidden place, snatching almost everything from the house, including piles of Scotch whiskey and red wine, and even the marble walls were removed.
The luxury car of Uday
However, Udai's love nest is not only this, there are many documents that reveal a lot of political information. In a letter written by Uday, for example, in 1990, he revealed Saddam Hussein's plan to build a "Greater Iraq." He states that his father was preparing to map Iraq with some of the surrounding territory and was preparing to take Kuwait first.
As for his father, who gave him everything, Udai wrote in a letter: "My father wants to stay in history, I don't like my father at all, I don't have any hobbies or feelings for him." ”
In 2003, after the U.S. military occupied Baghdad, Uday fled with his brother Qusai to Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, where they hid in a cousin's villa.
However, this cousin, who had made his fortune on Saddam Hussein and Uday, did not hesitate to tell the Americans the information of the two brothers. When the American regiment surrounded the villa, the brothers stubbornly resisted for 6 hours and were finally killed.
Before his death, the evil-doer Uday thought about something, no one knew. But after the U.S. military announced the death of Uday, countless civilians in Iraq rejoiced, and they no longer had to suffer from the devil.
Resources
Zhang Weiqiu. Saddam Hussein's dream of overlordship is shattered. Beijing: Xinhua Publishing House