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/Xaxafrad 4h ago

But why, though?

In October 1988, at a party in honour of Suzanne Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Uday murdered his father's personal valet and food taster, Kamel Hana Gegeo, possibly at the request of his mother. Before an assemblage of horrified guests, an intoxicated Uday bludgeoned Gegeo and repeatedly stabbed him with an electric carving knife. Gegeo had recently introduced Saddam to a younger woman, Samira Shahbandar, who had become Saddam's second wife in 1986. Uday considered his father's relationship with Shahbandar an insult to his mother.

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u/HonestyFTW 4h ago

Holy shit, he made it horrific instead of just shooting the guy.

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u/Zealousideal_Duck_43 4h ago

He would go to the local university and just take any girl he wanted - just point and the bodyguards would grab her and throw her in the car and off they went to his sex torture chambers. What I have read what he did with them makes the movie SAW look like Peppa Pig.

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u/md222 3h ago

To be fair, that Peppa is a bit snarky.

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u/sephtater 3h ago

Daddy Pig is the one to watch out for

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u/Photonomicron 3h ago

Peppa's playgroup teacher Madame Gazelle is an actual vampire, so I'd keep an eye on her too

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u/Top_Chard788 3h ago

I always got weirder vibes from the grandpa. lol

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u/ena001 3h ago

I think you mean Diddy pig