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'{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2012}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2009}} {{Infobox person |name = Qusay Saddam Hussein |image = Qusai_hussein.jpg |image_size = |caption = |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|17|df=y}} |death_place = [[Mosul]], Iraq |death_cause = Killed in a firefight |resting_place = [[Al-Awja]], Iraq |resting_place_coordinates = |residence = [[Iraq]] |nationality = [[Iraqi people|Iraqi]] |other_names = Qusay Saddam Hussein |known_for = Relation of [[Saddam Hussein]] |education = |alma_mater = |employer = |occupation = Soldier, [[Heir apparent]] |home_town = [[Baghdad]], Iraq |title = |salary = |networth = |height = 5 feet 11 inches |weight = |term = |predecessor = |successor = |party = [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party]] |boards = |religion = [[Sunni Islam]] |spouse = Sahar 1987–2003,his death) |partner = |children = Mustafa Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti<br></small> (1989–2003;deceased) <br> Yahya Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti (born 1991) <br> Yaqub Qusay Saddam al-Tikriti |parents = [[Saddam Hussein]] (father,1937–2006;deceased) <br> [[Sajida Talfah]] (mother,1937–present) |relatives = [[Uday Saddam Hussein]] (brother; deceased) </br> [[Maher Abd al-Rashid]] (father in law) |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti''' ({{lang-ar|قصي صدام حسين}}) (or '''Qusai''') (17 May 1966 – 22 July 2003) was the second son of [[Iraq]]i President [[Saddam Hussein]]. He was appointed as his father's [[family dictatorship|heir apparent]] in 2000. == Family == Qusay's older brother [[Uday Hussein]] was viewed as Saddam's heir until he sustained serious injuries in a 1996 assassination attempt. Unlike Uday, who was known for extravagance and erratic, violent behavior, Qusay Hussein kept a low profile. He was married to Sahar al-Rashid; the daughter of [[Maher Abd al-Rashid]], a top ranking military official, and had three sons;<ref>http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20030722/uday_qusay_030722/ CTV.ca Who were Uday and Qusay Hussein?<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> One of the sons, Mustapha Hussein (born 3 January 1989 in Tikrit), was killed alongside his father in the shootout with U.S. troops. The other two: Yahya Hussein (born 1991) and Yaqub Hussein are presumed alive, but their whereabouts are unknown.<ref>http://www.rferl.org/specials/iraqcrisis/kusaj-bio.asp War in Iraq &#93;<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> ==Before the 2003 invasion== Unlike other members of his family and the government, little information is known about Qusay, politically or personally. It is believed that until the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq]] Qusay was the supervisor of the [[Iraqi Republican 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. Qusay 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. Iraqi dissidents claim that Qusay was responsible for the killing of many political activists. ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' reported that Qusay 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 Qusay of ordering the execution of thousands of political prisoners after hundreds of inmates were summarily executed to make room for new prisoners in crowded jails. ==Death== [[Image:uday qusay house.jpg|thumb|left|House of Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by U.S. forces, 31 July 2003]] [[Image:TOW uday qusay house.jpg|thumb|Soldiers with the 101st Airborne watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of a house of Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, Iraq, 22 July 2003]] On 22 July 2003, troops of the American 65th Military Police, aided by U.S. Special Forces killed his 14-year-old son Mustapha, and his older brother Uday, during a raid on a home in the northern Iraqi city of [[Mosul]]. Acting on a tip from an unidentified Iraqi, a special forces team attempted to apprehend the inhabitants of the house. After being fired on, the special forces moved back and called for backup. As many as 200 American troops, later aided by [[Apache helicopter]]s and an [[A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 "Warthog"]] close air support aircraft, surrounded and fired on the house. After about four hours of battle (the whole operation lasted 6 hours), the soldiers entered the house and found four dead, including the 70 bros! and their bodyguard. There were reports that Qusay's 14-year-old son Mustapha was the fourth body found. Brig. Gen. [[Frank Helmick]], the assistant commander of 101st Airborne, has commented that all occupants of the house died during the fierce gun battle before U.S troops entered.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31549-2003Jul22?language=printer | work=The Washington Post}}</ref> On 23 July 2003, the American command said 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. 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 |coauthors= |title=Iraq informant set for $30m reward |url=http://www.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." |publisher=CNN |date=23 July 2003 |accessdate=15 December 2008 }}</ref> Qusay 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.<br style="clear:both;"/> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=80958 Gulf News: Qusay given key role in war plans, 17 March 2003] *[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}} {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Hussein, Qusay | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein | DATE OF BIRTH = 1966-05-17 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Tikrit, Iraq | DATE OF DEATH = 2003-06-22 | PLACE OF DEATH = Mosul, Iraq }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussein, Qusay}} [[Category:1966 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Iraq]] [[Category:Attempted assassination survivors]] [[Category:Saddam Hussein family]] [[Category:Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards]] [[Category:Members of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party]] [[ar:قصي صدام حسين]] [[da:Qusay Hussein]] [[de:Qusai Hussein]] [[es:Qusay Hussein]] [[fr:Qoussaï Hussein]] [[ko:쿠사이 후세인]] [[id:Qusay Hussein]] [[it:Qusay Saddam Hussein]] [[he:קוסאי חוסיין]] [[ms:Qusay Hussein]] [[nl:Koesai Hoessein]] [[ja:クサイ・サッダーム・フセイン]] [[no:Qusay Hussein]] [[pl:Kusaj Husajn]] [[pt:Qusay Hussein]] [[ru:Кусей Хусейн]] [[fi:Qusai Hussein]] [[sv:Qusay Hussein]] [[zh:库赛·侯赛因]]'