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'{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2009}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Qusay Hussein | native_name = قصي صدام حسين | native_name_lang = ar | image = Qusay Hussein.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order = Member of the [[Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Regional Command]] of the [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Regional Branch]] | term_start = 18 May 2001 | term_end = 9 April 2003 | office2 = Director of the [[Iraqi Special Security Organization]] | term_start2 = 4 July 1992 | term_end2 = 6 January 1997 | predecessor2 = Fannar Zibin Al Hasan | successor2 = Nawfal Mahjoom Al-Tikriti | birth_name = Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti | birth_date = {{birth date|1966|5|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Baghdad]], Iraq | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|7|22|1966|5|16|df=y}} | death_place = [[Mosul]], Iraq | death_cause = [[Gunshot wound]] | resting_place = [[Al-Awja]], Iraq | nationality = [[Iraqi people|Iraqi]] | education = | alma_mater = | employer = | home_town = | height = 1.80 m | party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Regional Branch]] of the [[Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction)|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] | spouse = Lumma (m. 1988–2003; his death) | partner = | children = Mustapha Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti (1989–2003) <br> Yahya Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti (born 1991) <br> Yaqub Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti | parents = [[Saddam Hussein]] (father, 1937–2006) <br> [[Sajida Talfah]] (mother, born 1937) | relatives = [[Uday Saddam Hussein]] (brother, 1964-2003) <br> [[Maher Abd al-Rashid]] (father in law) | allegiance = {{Flagdeco|Iraq|1991}} [[Baathist Iraq]] | branch = [[Iraqi Republican Guard]] | serviceyears = 1991–2003 | rank = [[Commander|Honorable Supervisor of the Republican Guard]] | battles = [[Iraq War of 2003|2003 Iraq War]] }} '''Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti''' (or '''Qusai''', {{lang-ar|قصي صدام حسين}}; {{Birth date|1966|05|17|df=yes}} – {{Death date|2003|07|22|df=yes}}) was an Iraqi politician. He was the second son of former [[Iraq]]i President [[Saddam Hussein]]. He was appointed as his father's [[family dictatorship|heir apparent]] in 2000. ==Early life== Hussein was born in [[Baghdad]] in 1966 to [[Ba'athism|Ba'athist]] revolutionary [[Saddam Hussein]], who was in prison at the time, and his wife and cousin, [[Sajida Talfah]]. Unlike other members of his family and the government, little is known about Hussein, politically or personally. He married Sahar Maher Abd al-Rashid; the daughter of [[Maher Abd al-Rashid]], a top ranking military official, and had three sons: Mustapha Qusay (born 3 January 1989 – 22 July 2003); Yahya Qusay (born 1991) and Yaqub Qusay (birthyear unknown). ==Career== Hussein played a role in crushing the [[Shiite]] uprising in the aftermath of the 1991 [[Gulf War]] and is also thought to have masterminded the destruction of the southern [[marsh]]es of Iraq. The wholesale destruction of these marshes ended a centuries-old way of life that prevailed among the Shiite [[Marsh Arabs]] who made the wetlands their home, and ruined the habitat for dozens of species of [[migratory birds]]. The Iraqi government stated that the action was intended to produce usable farmland, though a number of outsiders believe the destruction was aimed against the Marsh Arabs as retribution for their participation in the 1991 uprising. Hussein's older brother [[Uday Hussein|Uday]] was viewed as [[Saddam Hussein|their father]]'s heir-apparent until he sustained serious injuries in a 1996 assassination attempt. Unlike Uday, who was known for extravagance and erratic, violent behavior, Qusay kept a low profile so details regarding his actions and roles are obscure. Iraqi dissidents claim that Hussein was responsible for the killing of many political activists. ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reported that Hussein ordered the killing of Khalis Mohsen al-Tikriti, an engineer at the military industrialization organization, because he believed Mohsen was planning to leave Iraq. In 1998, Iraqi opposition groups accused Hussein of ordering the execution of thousands of political prisoners after hundreds of inmates were similarly executed to make room for new prisoners in crowded jails. Hussein's service in the [[Iraqi Republican Guard]] began in 2000. It is believed that he became the supervisor of the Guard and the head of internal security forces (possibly the [[Iraqi Special Security Organization|Special Security Organization]] (SSO)), and had authority over other Iraqi military units. ==Death== [[Image:uday qusay house.jpg|thumb|left|House of Uday and Qusay Hussein in [[Mosul, Iraq]], destroyed by American forces, 31 July 2003]] [[Image:TOW uday qusay house.png|thumb|U.S. Army soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of a house of Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, Iraq, 22 July 2003]] On the afternoon of 22 July 2003, troops of the 101st Airborne 3/327th Infantry HQ and C-Company, aided by U.S. Special Forces, killed Hussein, his 14-year-old son Mustapha, and his older brother Uday, during a [[2003 Mosul raid|raid]] on a house in the northern Iraqi city of [[Mosul]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/23/world/after-the-war-iraq-hussein-s-2-sons-dead-in-shootout-us-says.html?ref=qusayhussein&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|author=Neil MacFarquhar|title=After the war: Hussein's 2 Sons Dead in Shootout, U.S. Says |date=23 July 2003 |accessdate=October 8, 2019 }}</ref> Acting on a tip from Hussein's cousin, a special forces team attempted to apprehend everyone in the house at the time. After being fired on, the special forces moved back and called for backup. After Task Force 121 members were wounded, the 3/327th Infantry surrounded and fired on the house with a [[TOW missile]], [[Mk 19 grenade launcher|Mark 19 Automatic Grenade Launcher]], [[M2 Browning|M2 50 Caliber Machine gun]]s and small arms. After about four hours of battle (the whole operation lasted 6 hours), the soldiers entered the house and found four dead, including the two brothers and their bodyguard. There were reports that Hussein's 14-year-old son Mustapha was the fourth body found. [[Brigadier general]] [[Frank Helmick]], the assistant commander of 101st Airborne, commented that all occupants of the house died during the gun battle before U.S. troops were able to enter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/07/23/husseins-two-sons-killed-in-firefight-with-us-troops/214c57b8-9c7c-4123-8d33-60e2385d1bb5/ |work=The Washington Post |first=Kevin |last=Sullivan |authorlink=Kevin Sullivan (journalist) |first2=Rajiv |last2=Chandrasekaran |authorlink2=Rajiv Chandrasekaran |title=Hussein's Two Sons Killed In Firefight With U.S. Troops |date=23 July 2003 |accessdate=8 October 2019 }}</ref> On 23 July 2003, the American command stated that it had conclusively identified two of the dead men as [[Saddam Hussein]]'s sons from dental records. Because many Iraqis were skeptical of news of the deaths, the U.S. Government released photos of the corpses and allowed Iraq's governing council to identify the bodies despite the U.S. objection to the publication of American corpses on Arab television. Afterwards, their bodies were reconstructed by morticians. For example, Qusay's beard was shaved and gashes from the battle were removed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3097089.stm |title=Media films Saddam sons |date=25 July 2003 |work=[[BBC News]] |accessdate=October 8, 2019 }}</ref> They also announced that the informant, possibly the owner of the house, would receive the combined $30 million reward on the pair.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraq informant set for $30m reward |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/07/23/sprj.irq.reward/index.html |quote=Uday, 39, and Qusay, 37, had a U.S. government bounty of $15 million each for information leading to their arrest or proof they had been killed. When asked why the informant was in protective custody, the officer involved in the raid said: "People around here know who owned the house." |work=CNN |date=23 July 2003 |accessdate=15 December 2008 }}</ref> Hussein was the [[ace]] of clubs in the coalition forces' [[most-wanted Iraqi playing cards]]. His father was the ace of spades and his brother was the ace of hearts. Hussein's other two sons, Yahya Qusay and Yaqub Qusay, are presumed alive, but their whereabouts are unknown.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rferl.org/specials/iraqcrisis/kusaj-bio.asp |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810232148/http://rferl.org/specials/iraqcrisis/kusaj-bio.asp |archivedate=10 August 2003 |title= Biography of Qusay Hussein |first=Kathleen |last=Ridolfo |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] }}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2019}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/qusay.htm GlobalSecurity.org: Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2236137.stm BBC News: Saddam's rival sons, 10 September 2002] *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3089379.stm BBC News: Saddam's hated sons], 23 July 2003 {{Saddam Hussein}} {{Ba'ath Party}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussein, Qusay}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Iraq]] [[Category:People of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq]] [[Category:Tulfah family]] [[Category:Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region]] [[Category:Children of national leaders]]'