During the tenure of Saddam Hussein as the fifth President of Iraq, Field Marshal of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Prime Minister of Iraq, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council innumerable atrocities were committed against the people and country of Iraq.
It was a family affair whereby his sons were endowed with titles and abilities to murder and maim at the drop of a hat and few would or could even stand up against them.
The monster sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, got their comeuppance this day in 2003.
Uday and Qusay Hussein were the powerful and feared sons of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
They held high military and political positions in Iraq and were killed by US forces on July 22, 2003.
On July 22, 2003, U.S. troops from the 101st Airborne Division surrounded a villa in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after receiving a tip from an informant.
The brothers were killed after a four-hour gun battle. Both of the evil brothers suffered more than 20 bullet wounds from the heavy exchange of fire.