This Day 2 Years Ago

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(BBC) [22-July-2003]—The United States says the two sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, have been killed by US troops in Iraq. The bodies of the two men were identified after 200 American soldiers, backed by helicopters, stormed a house in the northern city of Mosul following a tip-off from an Iraqi informant.

The operation in Mosul lasted over four hours. US troops came under fire as they entered the villa in the northern part of Mosul, and the Americans responded with rocket fire from helicopter gunships.Uday and Qusay were among the most influential and most feared figures in Saddam Hussein’s regime. Reports of their deaths were welcomed with celebrations on the streets of Baghdad, and gunfire erupted across the city as weapons were fired into the air.

Qusay, 36, was being groomed as Saddam Hussein’s heir, and controlled key areas of the country’s security. Uday, 39, ran large sections of the media. He was known for his extreme brutality and for the extravagance of his playboy lifestyle. The two men have been on the run since the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime three months ago.

The Iraqi who apparently tipped off the US military stands to gain at least part of two rewards placed on the heads of Uday and Qusay, each with £15 million (£9.4m). The two were second and third on America’s most-wanted list of the top 55 Iraqis involved in Saddam Hussein’s administration.

Found this on the BarkingMoonbats site, and it hits the nail right on the head.

And some bits on that chap who represents the libral face of Islam...

THE radical cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed inflamed tensions further yesterday with an attack on Muslims who took part in inter-faith services after the bombings.

He branded any Muslims who attended the Trafalgar Square vigil last week as "hypocrites and apostates".

In an interview, Bakri said: "God forbids us from praying with Jews and Christians side by side. These are part-time Muslims or chocolate Muslims.

"I cannot be British. I cannot be English. Even if I change my colour, like Michael Jackson, I could not be English." ...

He was asked whether he would go to the police if he knew about another attack.

He said: "If I know anybody who want to take any action in this country I will stop him."

But he acknowledged: "No, I will never go to the police." ...

Asked whether he would condone suicide bombers coming into this country from abroad, Sheikh Omar said: "This is a way of life in Iraq and in Palestine. The self-sacrifice operation, it is the Islamic way of life for those who resist.

"Self-sacrifice operations in Muslim countries, it is part of the Islamic culture.

"The only way to change is to look to the cause ... Don't occupy Muslim land." ...

Bakri was pressed on whether he condoned suicide bombers coming from outside the UK to carry out attacks.

He said: "I believe Muslims are obliged to defend themselves. As a Muslim scholar, Islam does not permit you to live among people and fight them.

"That is why you need yourself to leave them and live very far away from them, and then fight them. That is what I believe."
(Well there we have it, we cant even deal with these barbarians.)

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