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In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  Daughters say don't know where Saddam is
Raghad Saddam Hussein and Rana Hussein, who received sanctuary a day earlier in Jordan, appeared relaxed as they spoke with CNN and the Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya at a royal palace in Amman, where they are staying with their nine children.
Raghad told Al-Arabiya that the swift fall of the Iraqi capital came as a "great shock" and she blamed it on a betrayal by associates of the deposed leader.
Raghad confirmed her father's marriage to Samira Shahbandar, but denied they had a son, saying that rumor was mixed up with her own son, Ali.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-08/02/content_251309.htm   (1056 words)

  
  Raghad Hussein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Raghad Saddam Hussein (Arabic: رغد صدام حسين) (born 1967?) is the eldest daughter of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
She was married to Hussein Kamel, a high-profile Iraqi defector who shared weapons secrets with UNSCOM, the CIA and MI6 and was killed on Saddam's orders after being persuaded to return to Iraq, believing himself to have been pardoned.
Raghad's sister, Rana Hussein was married to Hussein Kamel's brother Saddam Kamel who suffered the same fate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raghad_Hussein   (408 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: U.S. Troops Kill 11 in Iraq Firefight
In Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of several Sunni Muslim cities where his supporters have vented rage at his humiliating capture in a dirt hole on Saturday, a roadside bomb wounded three U.S. soldiers on Tuesday.
Raghad Saddam Hussein, one of his daughters, said Tuesday that her father appeared sedated in footage released Sunday by the U.S.-led occupation authority after his capture near his hometown of Tikrit.
Raghad and her sister Rana are living in Amman, Jordan, where they were given asylum in July.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A3880-2003Dec16?language=printer   (1121 words)

  
 Daughter wants to visit Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter informed the Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper that she is looking into a legal way to visit her father who is supposedly under arrest by US occupation forces in Iraq.
Raghad Hussein, 35 years old, has expressed doubts that the person under US detention is actually her father.
Raghad told Al-Arabiya television on Tuesday that if the person is her father, that he had been drugged because her father does not act the way he was depicted on the video released by the CIA.
www.aztlan.net /ragdadhussein.htm   (189 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Raghad Saddam Hussein, who remains in hiding in Iraq with her sister, Rana, said they might, however, move to Britain if they were granted visas.
Raghad and Rana had been estranged from their father since their husbands were murdered on Saddam’s orders in 1996, after they returned from temporary exile in Jordan.
Raghad’s husband, Hussein Kamel Hassan, was a Saddam loyalist who played a prominent role in quashing the Shia rebellion after the 1991 Gulf war.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030609/asp/foreign/story_2050329.asp   (437 words)

  
 Raghad Hussein: the little Saddam
Raghad Hussein, eldest daughter of the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein who was designated one of Iraq's most wanted persons, is nicknamed "Little Saddam," so close does her temperament resemble that of her father.
Unlike her more retiring mother Sajida, Raghad, 37, is said by those who know her to be a formidable, irascible figure whose purposes it is best not to cross.
For Raghad and Rana, relations with their father and brothers were strained after the assassinations of their husbands, General Hussein Kamel Hassan and his brother Saddam Kamel, on their return to Iraq in 1996 after five years in exile in Jordan.
www.wadinet.de /news/iraq/newsarticle.php?id=2266   (454 words)

  
 Saddam's Daughter Making The Most Of Her Life In Exile
Raghad may be concerned about her father but evidently she is making the most of her new way of life.
Raghad is reluctant to discuss politics as she is wary of offending her hosts, the Jordanian royal family.
Raghad's svelte figure is impressive for a woman who bore her first child when she was 16 and had had four more by the time she was 26.
www.rense.com /general53/ecxhile.htm   (1093 words)

  
 Definition of Raghad Hussein
Raghad Hussein (born 1967?), is the oldest daughter of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
She was married to Hussein Kamel, a high-profile Iraqi defector who shared weapons secrets with UNSCOM, the CIA and MI6 and was killed on Saddam's orders after being persuaded to return to Iraq, believing himself to have been pardoned.
Raghad's sister, Rana Hussein was married to Hussein Kamel's brother Saddam Kamel who suffered the same fate.
www.wordiq.com /definition/Raghad_Hussein   (203 words)

  
 Worldandnation: Hussein's daughters granted sanctuary
Raghad Saddam Hussein and Rana Saddam Hussein - who had reportedly been living in humble circumstances in Baghdad since their father's ouster - arrived in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on Thursday, Information Minister Nabil al-Sharif told the Associated Press.
U.S. officials say they are closing in on Hussein, but it was not clear if his daughters' departure from Iraq indicated the hunt for their father was nearing an end.
Word of the arrival in Jordan of two of Hussein's five children came after his sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed in a July 22 firefight with U.S. troops.
www.sptimes.com /2003/08/01/Worldandnation/Hussein_s_daughters_g.shtml   (363 words)

  
 CNN.com - Saddam's daughter wants fair trial - Dec. 19, 2003
Raghad Hussein, the eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, wants her father to have a trial under international supervision.
Raghad Hussein, the eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, says if her father is to be tried, it should be before an international court, and claims he had been drugged on the day he was captured.
Raghad said she initially learned of her father's capture from television news coverage that began as she was watching a soap opera.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/12/19/sprj.irq.saddam.daughter   (759 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein's Daughter Praises Ex-Dictator - Military Photos
Raghad Saddam Hussein called the trial "a farce and unfair" and praised the seven men who are facing charges with her father for the deaths of 148 Shiite Muslims in 1982 in the town of Dujail, particularly her uncle.
Raghad, who has been living in Amman, Jordan, with her sister, Rana, and their children since August 2003, said she believed most Iraqis were not happy with the trial, and those who acted pleased "were chosen by a certain party to reach a certain goal."
Raghad and Rana were seen by some as victims of Saddam, who ordered their husbands killed in 1996 after the men defected to Jordan and disclosed evidence about Iraq's weapons program.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=78007   (724 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Saddam’s daughter living the good life
As her father's successor as Iraqi president was being announced in Baghdad, Raghad was at her favorite hairdressing salon, spending the equivalent of £100 on highlights, and a cut and blow-dry, the London Telegraph reported.
Raghad and her mother, Sajida, recently appointed an international team of more than a dozen lawyers to defend Saddam when he comes before Iraq's newly-created war crimes tribunals.
Raghad, 36, while in Jordan, has also reportedly had operations to reduce the width of her nose and reduce the bags under her eyes.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38930   (640 words)

  
 Lawyer says charges against Saddam family 'baseless'. 03/07/2006. ABC News Online
Sajida and Raghad Hussein were named on a new list of 41 "most wanted" people accused of supporting the insurgency, and whose extradition Iraq has demanded.
Mr Dulaimi, chosen by Raghad to lead her father's defence team at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad, said Saddam's daughter "enjoys the hospitality of Jordan, a true Arab hospitality that is humanitarian and not political".
Raghad Hussein "respects this hospitality and its limits", the lawyer said, adding "if she had financial means she would have financially supported the defence team".
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200607/s1676824.htm   (653 words)

  
 Hussein's daughter: They are Iraq's real men
Raghad, who has been living in Amman, Jordan, with her sister Rana and their children since August 2003, said she believed most Iraqis were not happy with the trial, and those who acted pleased "were chosen by a certain party to reach a certain goal".
Raghad, who has given several television and print interviews since moving to Jordan, appeared with a new haircut, her head bare, and a confident demeanour.
Raghad and Rana were seen by some as victims of Saddam, who ordered their husbands killed in 1996 after the men defected to Jordan and disclosed evidence about Iraq's weapons program.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2006-04/10/content_564169.htm   (443 words)

  
 Saddam's Daughter Speaks, Says TV Images Of Her Father Were Meant To Break Arab Spirit - CBS News
Raghad also pleaded for a fair trial for her father in her first interview since Saddam's capture, by telephone by the Arabic-language satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya.
Raghad said that when news of her father's capture in his hometown of Tikrit was announced on Dec. 14, "I sat on the floor and began to cry."
Raghad said Saddam's unkempt appearance in the footage released by the U.S.-led occupation authority was "a painful sight for each and every Arab, because the aim of releasing such images was to break the spirit of Arabs," she added.
uttm.com /stories/2003/12/15/iraq/main588536.shtml   (1223 words)

  
 Saddam's daughter wants to choose her father's lawyer
Amman, 12 August (AKI) - Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter, Raghad Hussein, who has accused a special Iraqi tribunal seeking to put her father on trial of denying him what she says is his right to select a lawyer of his choice, has demanded that she be allowed to choose the toppled dictator's defence counsel.
Raghad, who is believed to be in her late 30s was married to Hussein Kamel, a high-profile Iraqi defector who reportedly shared secrets on Iraq's weapons programme with US and British intelligence services before he was killed on Saddam's orders after being persuaded to return to Iraq, believing himself to have been pardoned.
Raghad's sister, Rana Hussein was married to Hussein Kamel's brother Saddam Kamel, who suffered the same fate as his brother.
www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2005/8/judgement70.htm   (568 words)

  
 Hussein's top attorney quits, cites meddling by Americans | The San Diego Union-Tribune
AMMAN, Jordan – Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer quit the former Iraqi dictator's legal team, saying yesterday that some of the team's American members were trying to run the defense and soft-pedal the U.S. occupation of the country.
Raghad Saddam Hussein rejected the suggestion that she was trying to isolate the Arab lawyers on the team.
Raghad Saddam Hussein said the committee would not replace her father's legal team, but would provide "political support." She also said the defense team would refrain from making any more public statements.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050708/news_1n8hussein.html   (465 words)

  
 Saddam's daughter says life has been hard - Salon
Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter told a weekly women's magazine that her life has been full of emotional suffering and that she would go back to Iraq if she had the chance.
Raghad, who covered her head with a white veil in last year's television interviews, showed off a new look in jeans and a fl sweater, her head bare.
Raghad said that despite the presence of her five children, ages 10 to 20, she feels lonely.
dir.salon.com /story/news/wire/2004/06/11/saddam_daughter/index.html   (504 words)

  
 Dictator's daughter told her father would hang as she enjoyed beauty salon | the Daily Mail
But Raghad, not one to shrink from the public gaze, went on TV on more than one occasion, at least in the months immediately after her father's capture, to defend him.
Raghad is said to have a penchant for Gucci handbags and £400 Sergio Rossi boots and pays for them - or rather, her personal assistant pays for them - with a thick wad of crisp US dollars.
It is perhaps not surprising then that Raghad was pampering herself in a beauty salon rather than engaging in, say, a humanitarian act on behalf of her troubled people when she learned her father's fate last week.
www.dailymail.co.uk /pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=425582&in_page_id=1770&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5   (1690 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Procedures for Saddam Hussein's trial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Saddam Hussein will be tried in a heavily guarded courtroom under rules grounded in international law but deviating from past war crimes tribunals on key points.
Was married to Hussein Kamel, who defected to Jordan in 1995 and was killed with his brother upon their return to Iraq in 1996.
Raghad and her younger sister, Rana, fled to neighboring Jordan shortly after U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-18-trialprocedures_x.htm   (659 words)

  
 Saddam's daughter makes the most of exile - Iraq - www.theage.com.au
Raghad may be concerned about her father but evidently she is making the most of her new life.
Raghad is reluctant to discuss politics, as she is wary of offending her hosts.
Raghad's cosmetic surgeon, Ghaith Shubeilat, is among the best-known in the region and the brother of a pro-Saddam Jordanian MP.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/06/11/1086749893269.html?from=storyrhs   (792 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Saddam Hussein was born in the town of Al-Awja, 8 miles (13 km) from the Iraqi town of Tikrit, to a family of shepherds.
According to his eldest daughter Raghad Hussein he was by this point aware of the "betrayal" of a number of key figures involved in the defence of Baghdad.
Detroit awarded Saddam Hussein a key to the city in 1980, because of contributions to several local Detroit Catholic Churches, in particular a $170,000 donation to a church that was in heavy debt.
www.saddam.com /biography   (9517 words)

  
 A Quick List ...of More Views & News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Subha Tulfah al-Musallat, Hussein's mother: A domineering woman, she defied the typical status of women in the town of Tikrit, where they were often kept isolated.
Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Hussein's cousin and son-in-law: The former liaison with U.N. weapons inspectors, Kamel rose in the ranks from presidential chauffeur to running a special security agency to protect Hussein.
Ali Hassan al-Majid, Hussein's cousin: Also known as "Chemical Ali," for his role in the attacks on Kurds in northern Iraq in which between 60,000 and 200,000 were killed with poison gas in 1988.
www.quicklist.blogspot.com   (3843 words)

  
 ireland.com - Breaking News - Saddam's daughter wants international trial
Raghad and her sister Rana, who fled Iraq shortly after US troops took control of Baghdad in April, now live in Jordan which has granted them asylum.
Raghad, Saddam's eldest daughter, said she could not bear to see the images the US administration in Iraq had broadcast of her father, who appeared grubby and submissive after his capture at the weekend.
Raghad said her father must have been drugged before his capture - her explanation for the humiliating pictures of a man who was seen by many Arabs as a hero for his anti-Western stance.
www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/2003/1216/breaking36.htm   (331 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
RAGHAD HUSSEIN, DAUGHTER: To (unintelligible) once again, of course not now, maybe in the far future not less than ten years for me. The answer is not related to any political situation.
RAGHAD HUSSEIN: Of course, so painful for me and for my children, so difficult to be there once again.
That was Raghad, 35, Rana, 32, two apparently beloved children of Saddam Hussein who say they just miss their father, hope to see him again, and despite what the rest of the world thinks of him they say he was a loving father -- Daryn.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0308/01/wbr.00.html   (6825 words)

  
 TBRNews.org
The former dictator's eldest daughter Raghad Hussein said she was no longer in touch with her father or brothers Uday and Qusay but believed they had all survived.
Raghad denied media reports that she had considered seeking asylum in Britain.
Raghad dismissed the notion she had broken off relations with Saddam: "He is my father and I am his daughter," she said: "I hope he's alive.
www.tbrnews.org /Archives/a472.htm   (879 words)

  
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Sajida and Raghad Hussein were named on a new list of 41 "most wanted" people accused of supporting the insurgency, and whose extradition Iraq has demanded.
Dulaimi, chosen by Raghad to lead her father's defence team at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad, said Saddam's daughter "enjoys the hospitality of Jordan, a true Arab hospitality that is humanitarian and not political".
Raghad Hussein "respects this hospitality and its limits", the lawyer said, adding that "if she had financial means she would have financially supported the defence team".
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=131565   (572 words)

  
 CNN.com - Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list - Jul 2, 2006
Al-Duri was deputy commander of Iraq's armed forces under Hussein and was No. 6 on the U.S. military's list of 55 most-wanted Iraqi officials that was released in 2003.
Hussein's daughter and first wife -- Raghad Saddam Hussein and Sajidah Khairallah Tilfah Hussein -- are Nos.
Raghad Hussein lives in Jordan, where she and her sister were granted asylum.
edition.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/index.html   (841 words)

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