Uday and Qusay died in the toilet of the villa and were shot and killed.
On 22 July 2003, a Tao anti-tank missile successfully hit a villa in Iraq's Tikrik governorate, killing two middle-aged men. Immediately after the operation, U.S. military reporters took pictures of the two bodies and reported the success of the operation to the U.S. military command in Iraq via satellite, including information about the killing of the former Iraqi personnel.
Although the U.S. military has been surrounding the villa since 10 a.m., they have been using loudspeakers to shout to the villa to get out of the house and surrender in order to minimize the number of people in the house.
However, they were greeted by countless whistling bullets. Seeing that persuasion to surrender was ineffective, the US troops were forced to launch a strong attack. Upon entering the villa, they again met fierce resistance, as a result of which four American soldiers were seriously wounded.
The U.S. military urgently dispatched two OH-58D "Kirova Samurai"** to carry out precision strikes on the villa and fired two Tao anti-tank missiles. After the smoke cleared, the U.S. military found the bodies of Uday and Qusay, full of bullet holes and charred, in the toilet of the villa.
Just as the U.S. military was about to dispose of the two bodies, Uday's son Mustafa suddenly rushed out of the room on the second floor, fired wildly at the U.S. military, and was finally killed by the U.S. military.
The bodies of Uday-Uday and Qusay were placed in a freezer in a funeral home by the US military. Although the U.S. military promised that their relatives could come to collect and bury the body, when the leader of the tribe to which the body belonged went to claim it, the U.S. military ruthlessly refused.
U.S. troops told the tribal leader that he did not have the qualifications and that Saddam Hussein himself could claim their bodies only if he himself came.
He planned to return the bodies of Uday and Qusay to their hometown of Oja and bury them in a secret cemetery. His concern is that some people may dig up cemeteries to destroy the remains in order to vent their anger.
The bodies of Uday, Qusay, and Mustafa were taken away by the Saddam family, accompanied by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, on the morning of 2 August, and buried in a cemetery in Saddam's birthplace, Aouja, in coordination with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society.
Their funeral was attended only by a few people from within the family and was an intimate ceremony.
In the run-up to Uday and Qusay's funerals, Arab television broadcast an audio recording believed to be of Saddam. In this recording, Saddam calls his two sons "martyrs" and is proud of their sacrifices, calling them Iraqi heroes who participated in the jihad, defending the honor and dignity of their families.
He also said he had decided that he would rather die in battle than be captured alive. Uday, Saddam's eldest son, born in 1964, is tall, has a doctorate, and is one of the famous "Middle Eastern Young Zhuang".
Since Saddam Hussein came to power in 1979, Uday has been regarded as a first-class person, and he was sent to Baghdad University to study law. Later, he was also appointed to form the "Saddam death squad", so he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general, and was highly regarded by Saddam.
He was also in charge of various work, such as **, news, and sports, which shows that Saddam Hussein had good intentions for him.
Despite his shortcomings, Uday is a high-profile man who likes to wear a gold pistol, drive a luxury sports car, and swagger through the city in bright outfits of his own design.
He loves beautiful women, and he will do his best to pursue any woman he fancies. Once in a Baghdad house, Uday boldly pursued the wife of an officer, and when the officer tried to stop it, he was shot and killed by Uday.
Upon learning of this, Saddam Hussein immediately punished his son by shooting him through the soles of his feet. Uday also served as president of the Iraqi Football Federation.
In a match in 1993, the Iraqi national team lost to Jordan, which sparked the anger of Baudet. He imprisoned three players and brutally punished them.
He also forced them to jump into a pool full of sewage. Once, Uday was so drunk that he shot one of Saddam's close acolytes over a trivial matter. To make matters worse, Uday again shot and wounded Saddam's half-brother Watban in a drunken state.
As a result of his misdeeds, he was assassinated in 1996, and although his life was saved, his left leg was permanently disabled.
From then on, Saddam Hussein completely lost confidence in this son.
Qusay, Saddam's youngest son, was born in 1966, two years younger than Uday. After graduating from the University of Baghdad, he received rigorous intelligence training under the guidance of foreign experts, and won Saddam's affection.
Unlike his brother, Qusay is not good at showmanship, usually rarely appears in public, and he is rarely seen on TV. Compared to his older brother, Qusay was more loyal to his father and was an obedient child.
In 1999, Qusay succeeded Izzat Ibrahim as deputy commander-in-chief of the Iraqi armed forces, becoming the second-in-command of the Iraqi military.
If you think that Qusay is an amiable person, you are very wrong. In a rebellion in the early 90s, Qusay was ordered to suppress Shiites, and he ordered thousands of Shiites to be locked up in large warehouses for interrogation one by one.
Those who do not cooperate will be shot immediately. Like Uday, Qusai also likes beautiful women, but he does not share a bed with them like his brother does, because Qusai has a serious cleanliness fetish.
He abhorred physical contact and did not traditionally kiss the forehead of guests from Arab countries, even when receiving them. After shaking hands, he washes his palms immediately.
Because of his stealthy and unassuming actions, Iraqis call Qusay a "snake" and Uday a "wolf." In August 1999, Saddam Hussein issued an order giving Qusay the power to exercise ** power in his place in an emergency.
Qusay was elected to the leadership at the 12th National Congress of the Baath Socialist Party, at which Saddam Hussein also delivered an important speech.
The Iraq War broke out in 2003, and the Iraqi army was vulnerable to the powerful American military. In less than a month, the US military captured Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and the situation was very serious for Saddam.
On the afternoon of April 7, the day the US troops entered Baghdad, Saddam Hussein stood desolate at the gate of the Republic Palace and distributed the ** taken out of the armory to his cronies.
Afterward, he traveled to the Abu Hanifa Mosque in Azaimiyah, the stronghold of the Arab Baath Socialist Party, for one last public appearance to cheer up his supporters.
Two days later, Saddam Hussein and his son left the city they had ruled for many years and went to his hometown of Tikrit. In his hometown, he took off his green military uniform, changed into a traditional Arabic robe and plaid turban, grew his hair long, and grew a large beard.
In his days on the run, Saddam's table was often filled with chocolate, honey and canned fruit, foods that he once disdained, but now indispensable to him.
To escape the U.S. military, he chose dozens of hiding places, ranging from middle-class homes to garages for ordinary people and even places that resembled his own farmhouse.
In order to keep a low profile, he rarely used **, and all instructions were passed by word of mouth, often on foot, or in small boats to and fro the Tigris.
In the days of his escape, Saddam Hussein always met with Uday and Qusay. After the fall of Baghdad, Uday and Qusay fled to Mosul, about 230 kilometers southeast of Tikrit, where they remained in close contact despite the difficulties of contact and meetings between father and son.
Except for his two sons, Saddam Hussein no longer trusted anyone. The relationship between Qusai and Uday is not harmonious, and Qusai even looks down on Uday's habit of interacting with women.
Uday's bodyguard, Sabaan, turned his back on him during the escape, leaving Uday deeply frustrated and in a sense of crisis. In order to prevent the bodyguards from revealing his whereabouts, Uday killed the bodyguards around him with his own hands, disguised the jewelry truck as a garbage truck, and the luxury car was burned down in the mosque.
In the middle of the night on 1 July 2003, Nawaf Zaidan, a wealthy businessman living in Mosul, heard a sharp knock on his door.
Nawaf Zaidan, born in Mosul in 1957, is a cousin of Saddam. After Saddam Hussein took power, Zaidan went to Baghdad to seek relations, and Saddam Hussein gladly accepted.
Saddam Hussein arranged a position for Zaidan in Mosul, but Zaidan did not perform well and took bribes, sparking public outrage. Saddam Hussein was so angry that although he removed Zaidan from his post, he was released after only one month of detention because of his relatives, and he was not held accountable.
Later, Zaidan turned to business and received a lot of care from Saddam, which made him lucrative in imports and exports. While on the run, Uday and Qusay approached Zaidan for help, hoping that he would lend a hand.
In the hall of Zaidan's house, the brothers did not notice that the ** had been replaced with the flag of the Kurdish Party. They didn't even know that while the U.S. military was advancing step by step, Zeidan was fighting fiercely in his heart.
Because the United States ** offered a reward of $30 million for the capture of Uday and Qusay, Zaidan inevitably had some feelings. After all, in his heart, Saddam Hussein was not good to himself, and he was imprisoned for a month when he had some money.
On July 22, Zaidan went with his family to a restaurant near the Tigris River for breakfast.
Zaidan used to boast to Tahir that he was a good friend of Saddam Hussein and that he was loyal to him. As an importer and exporter, he was helped by Saddam Hussein, a well-known thing in Mosul.
All over the country, there are relatives of Saddam Hussein, who relied on Saddam Hussein for development. It's just that Tahir didn't expect that Zaidan would actually betray Saddam's two sons, is this Zaidan a reward for Saddam's years of care?
Saddam Hussein had six children, of whom Uday and Qusay were key figures in Saddam's regime, while the rest were not deeply involved in politics. Thus, Uday and Qusay, who held Iraqi intelligence and the Republican Guard, respectively, were relieved by their deaths.
The deaths of Uday and Qusay led White House press secretary McClellan to say that US Secretary of State Colin Power was satisfied with the situation.
There are many versions of the death of the Uday and Qusay brothers in response to the question of whether the $30 million bounty will be cashed in. According to Jeremy Heumann, a U.S. soldier who participated in the operation, he caused chaos by short-circuiting the ignition system of Uday's beloved Italian-made "Lamborgini" car after U.S. troops surrounded the villas where Uday and Qusay were hiding.
Hearing the movement outside the house, Uday rushed out of the door and was killed by the American army on the spot. However, Jeremy Heuman's statement has been questioned by many people, because it contradicts the previous description of the US side.
The military said that after surrounding the villa, several attempts to enter the house were unsuccessful, and finally a rocket attack on the building was used to successfully storm the house.
Despite the controversy, the key fact is that the brothers Uday and Qusai are dead, and the cause of their death becomes a mystery.
The two brothers, Uday and Qusay, made great sacrifices in order to evade capture. Not only did they grow thick beards, but Uday even shaved his own hair to confuse the public.
After DNA comparison, the U.S. military confirmed the identities of the two bodies and released the bloodstained ** of the brothers. A bullet hole in the upper right of Uday's forehead can be seen on it, which was the direct cause of his death.
However, the deaths of Uday and Qusay** were too bloody to raise questions from some who saw the Pentagon's actions as disrespectful to human rights and an insult to Iraqis.
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld defended the decision to publish these **, saying that after weighing it, he firmly believed that it was the right decision. He stressed that this action was not impulsive, and did not violate the regulations on items such as painkillers, cologne, Viagra and *** found by the US military next to the bodies of the two brothers.
At the same time, the U.S. military also found Iraqi and U.S. currencies worth about $100 million, as well as two women's pouches.
After the death of the brothers Uday and Qusay, it is said that Zaidan and his family were never seen in the village again. According to a relative of Zaidan, although Zaidan will receive a $30 million reward from the U.S. military, he believes that Zaidan's future may be difficult because Saddam Hussein will surely avenge the deaths of his sons.
With Saddam's personality, he could have offered at least $50 million to buy the life of the traitor Zaidan.
Zaidan, who had told U.S. forces in Iraq about the whereabouts of Uday and Qusay, was killed by unidentified fighters in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on 5 June 2004.
Although this information was confirmed, according to the person in charge, the focus of the Americans' attention was not on the life and death of Zaidan, but on the whereabouts of Saddam.
Saddam Hussein's arrest by the US military after the deaths of Uday and Qusay excites the Pentagon. The former Iraqi leader was reportedly arrested at 1:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 14, 2003, on a farm in the town of Dawar, 15 kilometres from Tikrit.