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...have not benefited by one cent from 13 years of work on this subject; on the contrary I have given my political life's blood for this cause." He has also denied a U.S. newspaper report that claimed papers found in a house used by Saddam's son Qusay allegedly indicate the regime paid him more than $10 million. Galloway is well-accustomed to controversy, having said the best thing British troops in Iraq could do was to disobey "illegal orders" to fight; and, in 1994, for telling Saddam, "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength and your indefatigability." Galloway...
...another force, his relationship with his father, that troubled Uday. Saddam picked his younger, less hotheaded son Qusay to succeed him. "My father wants to go down in history," writes Uday. "There is nothing in my heart towards my father, not any love or kindness. In the end I ask God to keep this house safe." In the end, his prayers were not answered...
Republican Guard 60,000-100,000 Controlled by Saddam's younger son and heir, Qusay, the Guard includes three divisions deployed around Baghdad and one near Saddam's hometown of Tikrit. Guard forces crushed a Shi'ite uprising in Basra in 1991. Though the Guard's heavy weaponry is outdated, U.S. officials believe Saddam may have deployed chemical weapons to the Medina Division...
Secret Police and Spies 15,000-25,000 Saddam has eight overlapping security agencies. These include layers of domestic and foreign spies, guerrilla operatives and "enforcers" who intimidate Iraqis to fight. Qusay leads the most powerful agencies, and members may have access to chemical or biological weapons. The U.S. believes more than 300 agents are working abroad under diplomatic cover...
...Gulf War II approached, Iraq's leader was surrounded by the same clique of toadies who advised him in 1990, with the addition of his son Qusay, 37, the putative heir apparent. They operated like a Mafia family, deeply secretive and mistrustful of outsiders. The members of the inner circle all staked their fortunes long ago on Saddam's policies, even if it meant that when he went, they would go too. None of them would risk their life to tell Saddam the truth. He probably didn't care. As he wrote in one of his autobiographies, "I've always...