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 Rana Hussein Information
Rana Saddam Hussein (Arabic language رنا صدام حسين, born 1969) is the second-eldest daughter of the former president of Iraq, Saddam Hussein and his first wife, Sajida Khairallah Talfah.
Her older sister is Raghad and younger sister is Hala Hussein.
In 1997, Uday Hussein put Rana and her older sister, Raghad under house-arrest for being involved in a plot to assassinate him.
www.bookrags.com /Rana_Hussein   (103 words)

  
 MOUN.com
AMMAN, Jordan - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s daughters, in interviews Friday, expressed deep affection for their father but said they didn't know where he is and that they last saw him a week before the Iraqi war started.
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.
Rana said she last saw her father a week before the war started.
www.moun.com /Articles/aug2003/8-1-10.htm   (530 words)

  
 More Info on saddam hussein - - sadam hussein - - saddam hussien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Saddam Hussein was born in the village of Al-Ouja, 8 kilometers from the city of Tikrit district of Iraq, to a family of sheep-herders.
Saddam Hussein was shown with a full beard and hair longer and curlier than his familiar appearance, which a barber later restored.
Two of Saddam Hussein's top aides were taken from their cells and told they were going to be hanged on the same day as the former Iraqi dictator, and they have been mourning his death while awaiting their own delayed executions, their lawyer said Sunday.
www.usgovernetics.com /Rot-to-Sat/saddam_hussein.php   (8408 words)

  
 saddam Huseyin
Note: Hussein is not a surname in the Western sense.
The U.S. provided assistance to Saddam Hussein in the war with Iran, but with Iraq's seizure of the oil-rich emirate of Kuwait in August of 1990 the United States led a United Nations coalition that drove Saddam from Kuwait in February 1991.
Sajida was put under house arrest in early 1997, along with daughters Raghad and Rana, because of suspicions of their involvement in an attempted assassination on Uday in December 12, 1996.
www.findthelinks.com /politics/saddam_huseyin.htm   (5778 words)

  
 newsobserver.com
Hussein's recently released autopsy indicates that at least one of the shots that killed him left gunpowder on the right side of his head, and on one of his hands -- an indication that the gun was fired at a close range.
Hussein's van, a 1992 Dodge Caravan with rust spots and peeling paint, was found in the same Raleigh neighborhood where police officers later recovered Jernigan's red Dodge Ram pickup.
Hussein's widow, Rana, and her two sons -- Mohammad, 5, and Sayf, 3 -- moved out of their West Raleigh apartment and plan to return to Jordan in mid-July, Rana Hussein said in a telephone interview from Wisconsin, where she was visiting family.
www.newsobserver.com /141/v-print/story/456530.html   (587 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
RANA HUSSEIN, SADDAM'S MIDDLE DAUGHTER (through translator): First of all, I would like to thank the small one and the big one and King Abdullah of Jordan and Prince Ali, and to every member of the royal family.
RANA HUSSEIN (through translator): My hope and dream that I live in peaceful place and my children should live in the way they dream about in a peaceful place and in security.
RANA HUSSEIN (through translator): It's very hard for me to express by words how I feel for him and the love I have for him.
transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0308/01/se.12.html   (2379 words)

  
 WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Saddam Hussein's daughters, in interviews Friday, expressed deep affection for their father but said they don't know where he is and last saw him a week before the Iraq war started.
Rana said she last saw her father a week before the war started, but Raghad told al-Arabiya that she saw her father five days before the conflict at a family gathering at her mother's residence in Baghdad's Al Jadirya district.
At noon the day Baghdad fell, Rana said her father sent a car from the special security forces, "who told us to leave." She said Qusai's wife and children were with them.
www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=34799   (999 words)

  
 CBSNews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Rana Saddam Hussein and her sister Raghad are living in Amman, Jordan, where they were given asylum in July 2003.
The two daughters had lived private lives and were seen by some as victims of Saddam, who ordered their husbands killed in 1996.
Saddam Kamel, one of Saddam's cousins, was married to Rana.
www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/america_at_war/capture/family_rana.html   (91 words)

  
 Saddam Hussein's family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
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: His claim to fame is a starring role in the Iraqi film "The Long Days," a story about Saddam Hussein's 1959 attempt on the life of then-President abd al-Qassim.
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.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/19/MN247562.DTL   (1026 words)

  
 abc11tv.com: Murder Victim's Wife Pleads for Help
Hussein's wife, Rana, and two sons are left behind to figure out how to live without the head of their family.
Hussein says her three and five-year-old boys are still asking where their daddy is. Meanwhile, investigators are still trying to figure out where the murderer is hiding.
Hussein says someone not involved in the crime was likely in the store between 8 a.m.
abclocal.go.com /wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=4187069   (310 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
HUSSEIN (through translator): We have decided to consider all the missing property of the party and the government a gift to whomever has it.
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.
They said they didn't believe their mother would know where Saddam Hussein was that given the kind of man he was that he wouldn't have told her and she wouldn't have known.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0308/01/wbr.00.html   (6825 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)

  
 Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti
Uday [Odai, pronounced "aw-DAY"] was born in 1964, the oldest of five children from Saddam's marriage to his first cousin Sajida.
Uday was credited with having a part in the early 1996 killing of his two brothers-in-law, Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel, who were married to Uday's sisters Raghd and Rana.
Hussein Kamel, a former head of Iraq's military industries and a key player in the country's non-conventional weapons program, had defected to Jordan in August 1995 with his brother, who had headed Saddam's personal guard.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/uday.htm   (754 words)

  
 Boston.com / Rebuilding Iraq
Raghad and Rana Saddam Hussein arrived in the kingdom Thursday from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, al-Sharif told The Associated Press.
Raghad, Rana and Hala have lived private lives and have not been publicly linked to abuses.
Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel, defected to Jordan in 1995 and announced plans to work to overthrow Saddam.
www.boston.com /news/daily/31/hussein_daughters.htm   (487 words)

  
 Opinion December 2006 - Better Off Dead! The End Of Saddam Hussein 12 29 06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Saddam Hussein's government collapsed as a result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq led by the United States, and he was captured by American forces on December 13, 2003.
Saddam Hussein was born in the town of Al-Awja, 13 kilometres (8 mi) from the Iraqi town of Tikrit in the Sunni Triangle, 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.
www.thepalmbeachtimes.com /Pages/OpEdReaders.html   (7476 words)

  
 CNN.com - Daughter: Saddam 'had a big heart' - Aug. 2, 2003
With tears in their eyes, Saddam Hussein's two oldest daughters said Friday that they still love their father but wouldn't talk about his role in the deaths of their husbands in 1996.
Speaking from exile in Amman, 35-year-old Raghad Hussein and 33-year-old Rana Hussein also told CNN that they don't know where the former president has been hiding since the U.S.-led war that ousted his regime from power.
The shootout was believed to have been organized by Rana and Raghad's brothers, Uday and Qusay, at their father's request.
cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/08/01/sprj.irq.saddam.daughters/index.html   (813 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
Two of Saddam Hussein's daughters will be allowed to apply for asylum in Britain if they can travel to this country from their hiding place in Baghdad, the Home Office said yesterday.
Raghad and Rana Hussein - whose husbands were executed by Saddam - hope to bring their nine children, aged seven to 16, to live in Britain because they fear for their lives in Iraq.
Since then, Raghad, 35, and Rana, 33, have lived under close supervision in one of Saddam's presidential palaces and their movements were restricted.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/06/06/nsad06.xml   (770 words)

  
 UAE PRISON.COM Covers Gulf War, UAE History, Islands Issue, Abu Musa, Greater Tumb, Lesser Tumb, Judiciary, ...
Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter, Raghad Saddam Hussein, describes her family's flight from Iraq and her father's betrayal in an interview on Al Arabiya television from Jordan.
Raghad Hussein confirmed Friday that they had been married, but she denied that they had a son, saying that rumor was mixed up with her own son, Ali.
Saddam Hussein is embraced by his daughter Raghd in an undated photo from the private archive of an official photographer for the regime.
www.uaeprison.com /saddam_daughters.htm   (854 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | Saddam's daughters need 'safe haven'
On Sunday Raghad, 35, told the Sunday Telegraph that she, Rana, 33, and their 10 children did not want to apply for asylum, but said they would like to visit and perhaps stay if granted a visa.
Mr Al-Majid, who is a second cousin of Saddam Hussein, said he had now been told that the women were making their own applications and that his role was over.
The husbands of Rana and Raghad were assassinated in 1996 after they defected to Jordan and were then lured back to Iraq.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/2980542.stm   (487 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Saddam's daughters express love for dad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Saddam Hussein's daughters, in interviews Friday, expressed deep affection for their father but said they don't know where he is and last saw him a week before the Iraq war started.
Raghad Saddam Hussein said her father was 'betrayed' by close associates.
Saad Silawi, one of two Al-Arabiya interviewers, said Raghad, who cried at the end of the segment, told him she did not want to answer questions about her father and brothers and that criticism of Saddam would make her acquaintances lose respect for her.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2003-08-01-saddams-daughters_x.htm   (1154 words)

  
 Husayn (name) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hussein of Jordan (1935–1999), former King of Jordan
Ali bin Hussein of Jordan (1975–), son of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife
Alia al Hussein (1948–1977), the third wife of King Hussein of Jordan
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hussein   (291 words)

  
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Sajida, Raghad, and Rana were put under house arrest because they were suspected of being involved in an attempted assassination of Uday on December 12, 1996.
Saddam has another son, href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Hussein">Ali, from Samira.

In August 1995, Rana and her husband Hussein Kamel al-Majid and Raghad and her husband, Saddam Kamel al-Majid, defected to Jordan, taking their children with them.

According to his eldest daughter href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghad_Hussein">Raghad Hussein he was by this point aware of the "betrayal" of a number of key figures involved in the defence of Baghdad.
www.blogger.com /feeds/18435042/posts/default/3543693628572208652   (6943 words)

  
 theage.com.au - The Age
Raghad Hussein, left, and sister Rana are interviewed by CNN in Jordan.
Saddam Hussein's daughter Raghad said in a TV interview that Baghdad's swift fall to coalition forces on April 9 was the result of betrayal by unnamed associates of her father.
Ms Hussein spoke to Arab satellite station al-Arabiya from a royal palace in Amman, Jordan, on Friday, where she was staying with her sister Rana and their children after receiving sanctuary from King Abdullah II.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/02/1059480601791.html   (387 words)

  
 Saddam's cousin lands in the UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Raghad and Rana Hussein are believed to be planning to apply for asylum in Leeds.
A cousin of the former Iraqi dictator landed in Britain today and is believed to be organising asylum applications on behalf of the two daughters, Raghad and Rana Hussein.
Raghad and Rana are said to be estranged from their father, refusing to speak to him for several years.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/923755/posts   (617 words)

  
 Saddam_Hussein : Essential Historical Information, explanation, recent texts, monographs, and relevant links.
Saddam Hussein, next to the Iraqi flag he personally modified Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti1 (sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain) (Arabic: صدام حسين عبدالمجيد التكريتي) (born April 28, 1937) was president of Iraq (1979-2003).
Consolidation of power Saddam Hussein talking with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr In 1973 Saddam was appointed a general in the Iraqi armed forces.
Saddam with his daughter, Rana Hussein In August 1995, Rana and her husband Hussein Kamel Majid and Raghad and her husband, Saddam Kamel Majid, defected to Jordan, taking their children with them.
www.llpoh.org /Reviewing_the_20th_century/Saddam_Hussein.html   (5925 words)

  
 Swift reaction from world, regional leaders | News | The Australian
"Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself, and be an ally in the war on terror," he said.
Britain said Saddam Hussein had been "held to account" but reiterated its opposition to the use of the death penalty.
"Raghad Hussein and Rana Hussein gathered together with their nine children to wait for news," one of Saddam's lawyers said.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20991632-601,00.html   (1309 words)

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