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Saddam Hussein s daughter Raghad Saddam Hussein shares a heart melting story from childhood, interview viral Updated Feb 26, 2021 | 17:03 IST
One would expect a dictator to be equally harsh at home. Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein whose regime ended after US-led invasion of 2003, had a softer side to him, as revealed by daughter in a TV interview. Saddam Hussein s daughter Raghad Hussein | Photo Credit: Twitter
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Raghad Hussein was married in 1983 to Hussein Kamel al-Majid and the two had five children to al-Majid: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej; and two daughters, Hareer and Banan.
In 2003, Raghad and many prominent Iraqi Baathists fled to Jordan where King Abdullah II gave her personal protection.
في ذكرى مقتل حسين كامل هل كان عفو صدام حسين عن صهره وذراعه اليمنى حقيقيا أم فخا للتخلص منه؟ aljazeera.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aljazeera.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Damascus: Raghad Hussein, the eldest daughter of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, raised eyebrows last month with a recorded speech on the 14th anniversary of her father’s execution, sharply criticising Iran and the post-Saddam rulers of Iraq.
The audio clip was published on her official Twitter account and made no mention of the Americans who toppled her father in 2003, only of Iran and its Iraqi proxies whom she described as “enemies of justice, freedom, and humanity.”
“My father and brothers resisted the occupiers until the end, until achieving martyrdom” she said, in reference to Saddam and his two sons, Qusay and Uday. She described Saddam as the “legitimate president of Iraq,” then hinted at supporting the anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, which broke out on October 1, 2019 and brought own then-Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mehdi. She praised the young Iraqis for resisting “humiliation and tyranny, while demanding rights, freedom, and a dignified