FILE - In this undated file photo, Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein poses with his two sons Uday, left, and Qusay. Uday was feared and reviled for his violent, maniacal and unbalanced tendencies and was accused of multiple rapes. The quieter Qusay was thought to be Saddam’s preference to succeed him. The killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul by agents believed to be close the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has cast him into the ruthless and pitiless pantheon of sons of the Arab World’s most infamous tyrants. (AP Photo, File)
On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, then-President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave the country. They didn't. Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed four months later while on the run in a fierce firefight in Mosul. Their bloated and bloodied corpses were broadcast around the world to confirm their demise. Their father was captured alive, then hanged three years later. Before the fall, Uday was feared and reviled for his violent, maniacal and unbalanced tendencies. Tales of his cruelty were legend in a nation where the family ruled by cult of personality, repression, torture and execution. Uday beat a favored bodyguard of Saddam's to death, was accused of multiple rapes, and barely survived an assassination attempt that left him with a limp. The quieter Qusay was thought to be Saddam's preference to succeed him.
