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	Saddam's Wife Helped Locate Him
		Samira Shahbandar, who lives with the ousted Iraqi leader's only surviving son Ali, "is believed to have given the Americans and their allies some information about the area where Saddam was hiding in," the sources said.
		Lebanese security sources failed to confirm whether Samira was living in Beirut under an assumed name with her son, as was reported by the Sunday Times in London.
		The Times report claimed that Samira spoke to her husband on the phone weekly and received letters from him regularly.
	www.rense.com /general45/WIFE.HTM (297 words)

	phone
		Samira Shahbandar, described by those who know Saddam as being the closest to him of his four wives, said in an interview with The Sunday Times that she had been given permission to live in France and expected to move to Paris next month.
		Samira, a blonde with hazel eyes who dresses in classic clothes that will not look out of place in affluent areas of Paris, remained a mysterious figure throughout her husband’s years in power.
		Samira moved between safe houses that Saddam had arranged for her and Ali.
	www.free-lebanon.com /LFPNews/2003/December/phone/phone.html (465 words)

	Saddam called his wife once a week: report -DAWN - International; December 15, 2003
		Samira Shahbandar told the paper she had been given permission to live in France and expected to move to Paris next month.
		She is reported to have spoken with affection of Saddam and said he attributed his loss of power to betrayal by his closest aides.
		Samira claims Saddam visited her in person on April 9, as Baghdad was falling, and gave her five million dollars in cash.—dpa
	www.dawn.com /2003/12/15/int9.htm (163 words)

	The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
		Samira is the woman who so fascinated Saddam Hussein, reviled as one of the world’s most evil dictators, that he kidnapped her husband, forced a divorce, and persuaded her to marry him.
		Samira was the child of an aristocratic Baghdad family that looked down on the likes of tribal Saddam.
		Samira claims, however, that she is in regular contact with him.
	www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /features/featuredetail.asp?file=decemberfeatures492003.xml (1574 words)

	Saddam Selalu Menelepon Istri Kedua - Senin, 15 Desember 2003
		Samira Shahbandar, istri kedua Saddam Hussein, yang tinggal bersama satu-satunya anaknya yang masih hidup dan memakai nama samaran di Lebanon, menyatakan, suaminya selalu menelepon atau menulis surat kepadanya setidaknya sekali dalam sepekan.
		Samira, yang umurnya juga tak disebutkan, menyatakan, menurut Saddam, ia jatuh dari kekuasaan akibat pengkhianatan pembantu-pembantu kepercayaannya.
		Samira juga mengungkap, Saddam pernah datang ke tempat persembunyiannya (Samira) pada 9 April, saat jatuhnya Kota Baghdad, untuk mengucapkan selamat tinggal.
	www.kompas.com /kompas-cetak/0312/15/ln/744422.htm (383 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 204 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Samira did not reach Lebanon on a flying carpet.
		The best intelligence in the Arab region is with the Egyptians; it is highly unlikely that they were unaware of Samira's whereabouts.
		Samira's alias would not have fooled the juniormost operator.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/22/d31222020432.htm (1593 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Saddam's wife speaks lovingly of him
		After the Iraq war in March, Shahbandar — described by the paper as mysterious and the closest of Saddam's four wives — said she crossed the border into Syria, then travelled to Beirut where she was given a Lebanese passport.
		A representative of The Sunday Times met Shahbandar, whom the paper described as blonde with hazel eyes, in La Cottage, a restaurant in Ba'albeck, near Beirut.
		Shahbandar, whose age was also not given, said Saddam attributed his loss of power to betrayal by his closest aides.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/291725.htm (461 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Saddam's Second Wife Samira Shahbandar In Beirut
		Saddam Hussein's second wife Samira Shahbandar is currently living in Beirut with her children and grandchildren from her first husband before Saddam, Time Magazine said on Monday, citing an unnamed former secretary of the deposed Iraqi leader as the source of its report.
		A Saddam valet also denied recently published reports that Saddam had a son from Samira named Ali in addition to his two sons from his first wife Sajida, Odai and Qusai, who were killed by U.S. troops in Mosul last week.
		The unnamed valet was quoted as saying Saddam's marriage contract with Samira stipulates that she would not have children from him although she maintained strong bonds with Saddam and had his ear, Time and the London-based Asharq Al Awsat said.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/EFFD4A0947A06EFB42256D710034A344?OpenDocument&PRINT (253 words)

	Saddam possibly captured: Report
		Earlier, Hussein's second wife, Samira Shahbandar claimed the ousted leader calls or writes to her once a week, according to a report in The Sunday Times.
		Shahbandar and her 21-year-old son Ali currently live in Lebanon.
		Shahbandar was reported to have fled to Russia after the war.
	myvie.ws /item/1179 (443 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - None of Saddam's Wives is in Lebanon, GSD Asserts
		Lebanon's General Security Department has denied a press report that one of Saddam Hussein's four wives was allowed to enter and live in Lebanon with a Lebanese passport identifying her as Khadija or Samira Shahbandar, the Beirut media reported on Tuesday.
		The denial followed a report by The Sunday Times of London that Samira Shahbandar, purportedly the closest wife to Saddam's heart, had been sent with his only surviving son, Ali, to Lebanon via Syria on the eve of Baghdad's fall to the U.S. army in April.
		The British weekly quoted Shahbandar as saying in interview conducted in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley city of Baalbek that Saddam gave her and Ali $5 million in cash when they left Baghdad to Beirut via Syria.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Story/311E529BB5DEA56842256DFE002C1F21?OpenDocument&PRINT (254 words)

	Saddam Succeeded The Day He Survived
		Although Saddam was arrested on December 13, the story was missed by the Sunday papers because Washington held on to the news.
		Britain's Sunday Times did not have Saddam, but a pretty good alternative on December 14: an interview with Saddam's second wife, Samira Shahbandar.
		The best intelligence in the Arab world is Egyptian; it is highly unlikely they were unaware of Samira's whereabouts.
	www.rense.com /general46/sad.htm (799 words)

	Interview of Defector (Abbas al Janabi) with Al Hayat
		Another source of the family split was Saddam's marriage to Samira Shahbandar [his second wife].
		Adnan Khairallah [Saddam's cousin, brother-in-law (Saddam's brother) and former defense minister] succeeded in mediating the squabble that was caused by this marriage.
		Q: Saddam has children from Samira Shahbandar, who are not in the limelight.
	www.fas.org /news/iraq/1998/10/981029-in.htm (4822 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Iraq Report
		At the time Saddam fell for her, Samira was married to somebody else -- Nurredin al-Safi, an Iraqi Airlines official, who quickly agreed to step aside and let the notoriously hotheaded president claim his wife.
		Sajida, by all accounts, was overcome with jealousy and humiliation when Saddam began making public appearances with Samira in the late '80s.
		Uday, 26, is a smart businessman, according to some reports, and has already made millions with his company Super Chicken, a food processing chain, and another company called the Wave that makes ice cream.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/iraq/stories/bride012591.htm (896 words)

	CBSNews.com: Print This Story
		They were shot down shortly after they arrived, and Saddam placed Sajida under house arrest because she demanded that he punish the killers.
		Saddam's second wife, Samira Shahbandar, was mother to Saddam's other son, Ali Saddam Hussein.
		Saddam married Shahbandar, a daughter of a prominent Iraqi family, in the late 1980s, and their son is not believed to be old enough to have any responsibilities.
	uttm.com /stories/2003/04/14/iraq/printable549376.shtml (390 words)

	coastfm.com: Special Coverage: Iraq Showdown with Iraq
		Some believe Saddam has a second wife, or perhaps had a second wife -- Samira Shahbandar.
		By some accounts, Saddam secretly married Samira without going through the formality of divorcing Sajida.
		In one story that circulated around the time of the Gulf War in early 1991, Sajida was overcome with jealousy and humiliation when Saddam began making public appearances with Samira in the late 1980s.
	coastfm.com /common/coxnet/iraq/saddamfamily.html (444 words)

	Security alert over Saddam link - 22 Dec 2001 - National
		A woman the police believe is Mr Saffi's mother, Samira Shahbandar, is reported to have been married to the Iraqi President after a relationship that began in the 1980s.
		Mr Saffi's parents are believed to be Samira Shahbandar, a former flight attendant, and Nor Aldin Saffi, who was a high-ranking official within the Government-owned Iraqi Airways.
		The Washington Post reported that when Saddam's father-in-law objected to the marriage with Mrs Shahbandar he was stripped of his property.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=383936 (1238 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Focus \| The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein
		His sons, Uday and Qusay, were killed by American troops in a July raid on the northern Iraqi town of Mosul.
		Saddam is also believed to have a third son, Ali, by Samira Shahbandar, daughter of a prominent Iraqi family, who has been described as his second wife.
		With his capture by US troops on Saturday, Iraqis are likely to remember Saddam's 35 years in power as a chronicle of agony, fear, war and destruction.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/669/fo6.htm (887 words)

	'Abbas al-Janabi, Fear and Loathing in Saddam's Court - Middle East Quarterly
		Another source of the family split was Saddam's marriage to Samira Shahbandar [who became his second wife].
		As you may know, ‘Udayy was against this marriage and so killed Kamil Hanna Juju, his father's bodyguard and food taster.
		I was present, as was [President Mubarak of Egypt's wife] Suzanne al-Mubarak, who cut her trip short as a result.
	www.meforum.org /article/457 (4154 words)

	DEBKAfile - Will the Third Son also Rise?
		Ali’s mother is Samira Shahbandar, the daughter of an aristocratic Syrian-Iraqi family.
		According to our sources, Samira was never married formally to Saddam although there are rumors of a secret marriage contract.
		In recent years, Samira is believed to have moved to Beirut, but their son Ali stayed in Syria, presumably under the custody of Saddam’s close advisers.
	www.debka.com /article.php?aid=530 (824 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Saddam's family scattered across Arab world
		Another son, Ali, born of his marriage with Samira Shahbandar in 1982, had always been considered a taboo topic and journalists who dared mention his name faced death threats by Saddam's regime.
		And yet Saddam had fallen madly in love with Samira and forced her to divorce her husband, the then director of Iraqi Airways, Nureddin Safi.
		Ali is now 22 and fled Iraq with his mother following the US-led invasion in March 2003.
	www.lebanonwire.com /1005/05101701AFP.asp (630 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		THE second wife of Saddam Hussein and his only surviving son are living in Lebanon under assumed names and receive a telephone call or a letter from the ousted Iraqi dictator at least once a week.
		She said that Saddam, who has a $25m price on his head, gave her $5m in cash and a hoard...
		Shanna Bowman, vice president of activities for the ASU student government, and Oubai Shahbandar, her chief-of-staff, are the first student government leaders at ASU to advocate a balanced lecture program.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=shahbandar (590 words)

	GAO: Iraqi oil dodges sent $10.1 billion to Hussein \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The Treasury Department acted yesterday to freeze the assets of 16 family members related to Hussein and his top advisers.
		The list includes Hussein's wives Sajida Khayrallah Tilfa and Samira Shahbandar; his daughters Raghad Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti, Rana Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti and Hala Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti; and his son Ali Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti.
		The Treasury Department also identified 191 quasi-governmental companies suspected of engaging in illegal commerce and hiding money abroad.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040319/news_1n19assets.html (460 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Two Sons Of Hussein Reign With Fear, Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1988, Uday killed his father's favorite food taster, leaving Saddam Hussein incensed.
		Alleged motives and accounts vary, but according to one widely circulated version, Uday was angry at the valet for acting as the go-between between Saddam Hussein and Samira Shahbandar, a flight attendant who became Hussein's second wife.
		Uday, who developed a penchant for fast cars and fancy clothes, amassed great wealth from a business empire that grew to include a smuggling network that profited by evading international sanctions imposed at the time of the Persian Gulf War.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A49562-2003Mar18?language=printer (697 words)

	Saddam's brother-in-law refused asylum in U.K. - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		Emad Noures and family was dismissed on both asylum and human rights grounds,” said the statement on behalf of the Immigration Appellate Authority.
		The department said Noures’ wife was the sister of the captured Iraqi dictator’s second wife, Samira Shahbandar.
		Officials had previously refused to discuss the result of Noures’ application, saying the matter was confidential.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4261990 (373 words)

	Su esposa lo habría delatado/ Lunes 15 de Diciembre/ 2003
		Se cree que Samira Shahbandar, quien vive con el único hijo que aún vive de Hussein, Ali, “dio a los estadounidenses y a sus aliados algo de información sobre el área en que se estaba escondiendo Sadam”, afirmaron las fuentes.
		Las fuentes de seguridad libanesas no confirmaron si Samira vive en Beirut, según informó el periódico “Sunday Times” en Londres.
		“Cuando no puede contar en detalle algo por teléfono, sé que en dos o tres días va a llegar una carta con una explicación”, dijo Samira Shahbandar, la segunda de las cuatro mujeres del derrocado dictador.
	www.elsalvador.com /noticias/2003/12/15/nacional/nacio14.html (543 words)

	Last updated 27 July 2005
		Samira Shanbandar is Saddam Hussein's second wife and mother to his third son.
		Her status as Saddam Hussein's wife only became widely known after Uday Saddam Hussein publicly murdered the man he held responsible for Saddam Hussein's introduction to Samira Shahbandar.
		1483 BASIS: Son of Samira Shahbandar and Saddam Hussein (listed above)
	www.un.org /Docs/sc/committees/1518/040602_inds.htm (1085 words)

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