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new confirmation is badly needed about Uday and Qusay

 

US claims they killed the two sons of Saddam Hussain

 

 

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Saddam's sons were high on the US wanted list

Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Qusay, have been killed by US troops in Iraq, a US military commander in Baghdad has said.

General Ricardo Sanchez said he was "certain" the two were killed along with two other people in a fierce gun battle in the northern city of Mosul.

 

"We've used multiple sources to identify the individuals," he said, adding that the bodies were in an identifiable condition.

 

Troops had swooped on a villa after reports that the two men were inside and they came under fire as they approached, he said.

 

The Americans responded with heavy fire in an operation lasting six hours. Four US soldiers were wounded in the fighting.

 

A search is now under way at the site, where the remaining two bodies have still not been identified.

 

'Great day'

 

Saddam's sons were numbers two and three on America's 55-strong most-wanted list, and senior figures in the former regime.

 

 

Paul Bremer, the US administrator in Iraq, described the news as a "great day for the Iraqi people and for the US military who showed their outstanding professionalism".

 

The BBC's Paul Wood in Baghdad said gunfire in the city on Tuesday evening was thought to be celebratory fire from those who had heard that the brothers may have been killed.

 

Analysts say the death of the pair is an important coup for coalition forces, and will help remove the fear that lingers in the Iraqi population that the old regime could return

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