Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein
Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, were killed during an American military operation conducted on July 22, 2003, in the city of Mosul, Iraq. The operation originally intended to apprehend them, but turned into a four-hour gun battle outside a fortified safehouse which ended with the death of the brothers, Qusay's son Mustafa, and a bodyguard, Abdul Samad al-Hadushi.
| Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein | |||||||
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| Part of Iraq War | |||||||
US soldiers watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of Qusay and Uday Hussein's Mosul hideout during the raid | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ba'athist Insurgents | United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Uday Hussein † Qusay Hussein † |
Frank Helmick Ricardo Sanchez | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| N/A |
U.S. Special Forces 101st Airborne Division Task Force 121 Task Force 20 | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 4 (Uday, Qusay, Mustafa, Abdul Samad al-Hadushi) |
240+ soldiers 8 special forces personnel 10+ Humvees several Kiowa OH-58D helicopters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 4 killed | 4 wounded | ||||||
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