Saddam Sons Betrayed by Cousins for 20m!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-07-24 01:24am

Saddam sons are betrayed for £20m by his cousin

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive ... 29-20.html

SADDAM Hussein's cousin who gave the deposed Iraqi leader's sons sanctuary later betrayed them to US troops for the £20m reward.

Nawaf al Zeidane Muhhamad was in US protective custody last night, unable ever to return to his home in Mosul.

Uday and Qusay Hussein had been hiding out at his mansion, where they died after US troops surrounded the building and a six-hour gun battle followed.

Some in Iraq remained sceptical about their deaths, but Washington said it would release graphic photos of the bullet-ridden corpses to convince them. Donald Rumsfeld, defence secretary, said the photos would be released "soon".

Muhhamad, as well as being a cousin of Saddam, is a tribal leader in the region. But he is unlikely to go back.

Waad Hamadi, 43, a neighbour, said: "We would not have told the Americans. Many people say Muhhamad is the one, but there is no way he can come back here now. He is a traitor." Neighbours said they became suspicious when his wife and four daughters left the house at 6.30am on Tuesday and never returned. ---

LT.Hit-Man · Post by **LT.Hit-Man** » 2003-07-24 01:31am

There's one in every family.
Maybe he was pissed off over the shity tie he got last christmas

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-07-24 01:41am

thatd be funny if he was one of the wanted guys, and so he couldnt use his money and got imprisoned. hahaha.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-24 01:43am

So, Saddam's sons are dead, and their cousin tipped troops off. I'm sure the Iraqi information minister is going to go and say that he saw them last night and that they're in great shape.

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2003-07-24 01:47am

Yeah, this is shocking since Uday & Qusay were sooooooooo popular.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-07-24 01:59am

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:So, Saddam's sons are dead, and their cousin tipped troops off. I'm sure the Iraqi information minister is going to go and say that he saw them last night and that they're in great shape.

BwAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-07-24 02:38am

Hah! That'll teach them to leave the toliet seat up.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-07-24 06:32pm

You know, if I had cousins that were mass murdering psychopaths I think I'd turn them in. The thirty million dollars would just be a nice bonus.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-24 06:35pm

Nobody loves the traitor.

This guy now should better fast leve Iraq, or he will be not livin' long enough for useing the money.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-07-24 07:01pm

Tribun wrote:Nobody loves the traitor.

This guy now should better fast leve Iraq, or he will be not livin' long enough for useing the money.

That is true except I think they like Saddam and his progeny much, much less. Only the fanatic faithful will really care. No doubt he will have to leave but hey, 30 million goes a long way.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-07-24 07:11pm

Back in the day Uday and Qusay could and would have killed this guy for just looking at them funny. At least he's getting 20 mil.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-07-24 07:32pm

You mean, there is a sane member of that family?

More then likely, he realised the regime is not coming back and decided to cut his losses.

I mean, imagine if he hadn't turned them in, and the States had found them in a raid/sweep? The cousin would be so screwed.

So, take the $20 - $30 million, kiss your cousins good-bye (he probably hoped they'd be arrested), and start looking at property in Australia or Florida or somewhere

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-07-24 08:38pm

Tribun wrote:Nobody loves the traitor.

This guy now should better fast leve Iraq, or he will be not livin' long enough for useing the money.

You mean he has to leave a god-forsaken sand pit full of women who dress in burkas?!

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-07-24 09:24pm

Tribun wrote:Nobody loves the traitor.

This guy now should better fast leve Iraq, or he will be not livin' long enough for useing the money.

Unless you're in a country where said two people you ratted out were considered the Spawn of Satan and he's probably considered by many a hero for insuring their demise.

That and if he can't go back...he might consider it a boon.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-07-24 09:27pm

Pffft. The guy has $20,000,000. He could spend the live the rest of his life in Cancun. Do you really think he'll stay in Iraq?

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-07-24 09:34pm

Capitalism triumphs again.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-07-24 09:40pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Pffft. The guy has $20,000,000. He could spend the live the rest of his life in Cancun. Do you really think he'll stay in Iraq?

If he`s wise enough he`ll leave,but if he want to stay in Iraq then sombody else may take the money after they kill him.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-07-24 09:48pm

Heck, he could move to mexico and live like Donald trump.

Have to wonder if he has any other cash assits, possible out of country, in addition to the bounty money.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-25 12:14am

Solauren wrote:Heck, he could move to mexico and live like Donald trump.

Have to wonder if he has any other cash assits, possible out of country, in addition to the bounty money.

Maybe not Mexico, but perhaps some good spot near the Middle East, it all depends on what he likes. Just imagine how much money he'd get it he tipped off forces the wereabouts of the rest of the wanted Iraqi officials.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-07-25 12:27am

Firstly, good for him.

Secondly, wasn't the reward for Bin Laden like $2mil?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-25 02:03am

Gandalf wrote:Firstly, good for him.

Secondly, wasn't the reward for Bin Laden like $2mil?

$25 million, IIRC. But I think we'll need to raise it if we want to better motivate some people in the Middle East to help find him.

Hobot · Post by **Hobot** » 2003-07-25 02:24am

Nitpick: The reward is actually 20 million POUNDS STERLING. That's about 32.3 million US dollars.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-07-25 05:19am

Eh? The US pays bounties in pounds?

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-07-25 10:18am

GBP might be more accepted over there than USD.