Topic: - on October 14, 2002 at 11:06:27 PM CEST
If Saddam Disappears, Power Would Pass to His Sons Who Could Be Worse Than Their Father
If Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is killed or somehow cut off, power would most likely pass to his sons, Uday or Qusay, and a wide variety of sources tell Newsweek that the sons could be worse than the father. The stories told about Saddam's sons, related to Newsweek by several Iraqi exiles and reported in the current issue, seem almost too grotesque to be true. Some are probably exaggerated, but not by much, according to a senior administration official who has access to CIA files on Saddam's sons. Qusay is "in the shadows," says this source. "We don't know much." But U.S. intelligence believes Qusay is Saddam's true heir apparent, for the simple reason that he controls the security that keeps his father in power and alive.
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