Saddam's Sons Believed Dead in Iraq Raid

World | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

A firefight erupted when U.S. forces surrounded the home of a cousin of Saddam Hussein in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday, killing four people. A senior U.S. official in Iraq said Saddam's sons Odai and Qusai were believed to be among the dead. But the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said investigators were "awaiting postive DNA testing" to confirm the identities. An official with the U.S. civilian administration running Iraq said "something big has just happened" but would provide no futher information.

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