Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein

Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein
Part of the Iraq War

US soldiers watch as a TOW missile strikes the side of Qusay and Uday Hussein's Mosul hideout during the raid
Date22 July 2003
Location
Northern Al-Falah suburb of Mosul, Iraq
Result Uday and Qusay Hussein killed
Belligerents
Iraq Ba'athist Insurgents United States United States
Commanders and leaders
Iraq Uday Hussein 
Iraq Qusay Hussein 
United States Frank Helmick
United States 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[1]
several Kiowa OH-58D helicopters
Casualties and losses
4 killed 4 wounded[2]

Uday and Qusay Hussein, sons of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, were killed during an American military operation conducted on 22 July 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.

  1. ^ Lathem, Niles (July 24, 2003). "MISSILES KILLED BUTCHER'S SONS – INSIDE STORY OF U.S. DEATH STRIKE".
  2. ^ "CNN.com - Pentagon: Saddam's sons killed in raid - Jul. 22, 2003". www.cnn.com.