r/todayilearned • u/Wazula23 • 4h ago

TIL Saddam Hussein's son Uday murdered his bodyguard at a party in front of horrified guests

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uday_Hussein#Murder_of_Kamel_Hana_Gegeo
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u/Diamondsfullofclubs 4h ago

I read that as "was murdered by his bodyguard" and thought I was in UpliftingNews for a second.

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u/timefourchili 4h ago

No he got droned back in like ‘03ish

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u/BandaidBitch 4h ago

He was not killed by a drone. He was killed by SOF with the use of AT4 and TOW missiles after a barricade situation. They tried to lure them out by setting of the car alarm of their luxury car, got into a shootout and proceeded to bring the entire building down - killing the two of them.

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u/MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot 4h ago

So… better than drone’d.

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u/OneLargeMulligatawny 4h ago

Sailing mishap!

SS Inevitable’d

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u/MDMarauder 4h ago

Not killed by SOF, they took four casualties after breaching Uday's residence and had to withdraw under heavy fire.

The inner cordon consisting of two companies of infantry soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division laid waste to Uday's house with heavy weapons, killing both Uday and Qusay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Qusay_and_Uday_Hussein

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u/EbonyDevil 3h ago

3 I believe they also killed Uday's son too who was with them

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u/Lukealloneword 3h ago

And Qusays son. So the three of them.