Saddams son Qusay may have been wounded: Iraqi opposition
The initial 'decapitation' strikes on Baghdad on Thursday may have wounded Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's younger son Qusay, claimed the country's opposition.
"We have reports saying that the American attack on Radwanieh in Baghdad came during an intelligence meeting headed by Qusay and in the presence of Iraqi vice presidents Taha Yasin Ramadan and Izzat Ibrahim Al Douri," said Mohammed Hariri, from the Tehran-based Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) opposition faction.
A Gulf-News.com report today quoted Hariri as saying that Qusai's injury prompted his brother Udai to publicly order the Fidayee Saddam Brigade, a special suicide army faction, to target American troops.
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