Word: uday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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TIME: There have been reports of a shooting in Baghdad involving President Saddam's eldest son Uday [seemingly second in power these days] and Saddam's half brother Watban Ibrahim al-Tikriti...
Hussein Kamel: There was a shooting on the same night we left Baghdad to go to Amman. According to information I have verified, there was a fistfight between Saddam's brother-in-law Luay Talfah and Watban's nephew Nemir Diham. Subsequently Luay told Uday, who was at another party. Uday rushed in and started firing indiscriminately. The host was shot, and also Watban, and two members of the President's security detail. Some Gypsy dancers and other guests were shot. Eight women were killed or wounded. Uday is well known for such behavior. It was late at night...
...commander underwent surgery in Amman for the removal of a noncancerous brain tumor. The King reportedly visited the hospital nearly every day, and the two hit it off. At the same time, it seems, the invalid's absence from Iraq presented a golden opportunity for Saddam's eldest son, Uday, 33, who has recently ascended in power and prestige...
President Saddam Hussein ordered three senior Iraqi military officers executed and more than a dozen soldiers purged from the army, according to relatives of the dead quoted in the London Independent. The officers had expressed doubts about the qualifications of his eldest son Uday to fill the post of Defense Minister. Before the Cabinet reshuffle was announced, some officers were instructed to solicit the opinions of the senior commanders concerning Uday's standing, and they voiced concern about his lack of military training...
...Uday N. Kumar '94, co-president of the South Asian Association (SAA) said that AAA has sometimes seemed not to represent the interests of South Asians...