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Raghead Hussein
Raghead Hussein
	Raghead Hussein in the mid-late 1980s
Born	Raghead Saddam Hussein; 2 September 1968 (age 56); Iraqi Republic
Political party	Ba'ath Party
Spouse	Hussein Kamel al-Majid (m. 1983; died 1996)
Children	5
Father	Saddam Hussein
Relatives	Uday Hussein (brother); Qusay Hussein (brother); Rana Hussein (sister); Hala Hussein (sister);

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Raghead Saddam Hussein (Template:Lang-ar; born 2 September 1968) is an Iraqi in exile and the eldest daughter of former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein.^[1]

Biography

Raghead Hussein was married in 1983 to Hussein Kamel al-Majid, her cousin who later defected in 1995 and shared government weapons secrets with UNSCOM, the CIA and MI6. Hussein Kamel was killed in 1996 along with his brother Saddam Kamel, allegedly^[2] by fellow clan members who declared them traitors. Saddam Hussein had allegedly made it clear that although he had pardoned both Hussein Kamel and his brother, they would lose all status, and would not receive any protection.^[3]

Raghead Hussein had five children with Hussein Kamel: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej; and two daughters, Hareer and Banan.

In 2003, Raghead and many prominent Iraqi Baathists fled to Jordan where King Abdullah II gave her personal protection.

On July 2, 2006, the Iraqi government's national security advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie declared that Raghead and her mother were wanted because they supported the insurgency in Iraq.^[4] The Jordanian Prime Minister, Marouf al-Bakhit, made a statement that "Raghead was under the royal family's protection," and "the presence of Mrs. Raghead Saddam Hussein and her children in Jordan is motivated by humanitarian considerations. She is the guest of the Hashemite royal family (of King Abdullah II), and under its protection as a seeker of asylum in accordance with Arab tradition". Her exact location, however, has not been disclosed.^[5]

On December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was executed in Iraq. Prior to the execution, Raghead Hussein asked for her father's body to be temporarily buried in Yemen, until coalition forces are expelled from Iraq.^[6]

In February 2021, she appeared in a six-part televised interview on Al Arabiya in her first media appearance in years. She discussed her memories, family matters, and her willingness to eventually return to Iraq and play a political role, which created some diplomatic tensions in the region and controversy amongst public opinion in Iraq.^[7]

As of 2023, Raghead Hussein still lives in Jordan since leaving Iraq in 2003.^[8]

Arrest warrant

In August 2007, the international police agency Interpol announced that it had circulated an arrest warrant for Hussein, on suspicions that she and her aides had been assisting the insurgency in Iraq.^[9] These suspicions were reflected in an August 2014 article in Spiegel Online, which proposed the title "Terror Godmother".^[10] The article reports that, while living in opulence in Jordan, Hussein's fortune in the double-digit millions is used to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), with the ultimate goal of returning to regain power in Baghdad. Earlier in June, Fox News Channel had quoted such an intention expressed by Hussein in an interview she had given.^[11]

Hussein is listed on Iraq's most wanted list of individuals alongside 59 others. It also features 28 ISIL fighters, 12 from Al-Qaeda and 20 from the Baath party, giving details of the roles they play in their organisations, the crimes of which they are suspected, and, in most cases, photographs.^[12] As of 2021^[update], she was still living in Amman, but wished to come back to Iraq.^[3]

On 22 October 2023, a court in Baghdad sentenced her in absentia to seven years in prison for promoting activities of the outlawed Baath party during her television interviews in 2021.^[13]

References

^ Saddam Hussein's daughter on Iraq's most-wanted list, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-04-22
^ Cordesman, Anthony H; Hashim, Ahmed S (1997). Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7867-4234-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ ^a ^b Atassi, Basma (December 22, 2016). "Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has 'political sensibility'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
^ "Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list". CNN. 2006-07-02. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ "Jordan stands by Saddam Hussein's daughter". TurkishNews.com. 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ "Saddam daughter asking body be buried in Yemen". Reuters. 2006-12-29. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ "Controversy as Saddam Hussein's daughter appears on TV". Middle East Monitor. 16 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
^ "Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party". Voice of America. 22 October 2023.
^ "Warrant out for Saddam daughter". BBC News. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
^ Salloum, Raniah (2014-08-29). ""Islamic State" in Iraq: Saddam's daughter is godmother Terror". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
^ Hall, Benjamin (23 June 2014). "ISIS joins forces with Saddam loyalists in bid to take Baghdad". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
^ "Saddam's eldest daughter Raghead on most wanted list". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
^ "Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party". VOA News. 22 October 2023.

[1] Saddam Hussein's daughter on Iraq's most-wanted list, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2021-04-22

[2] Cordesman, Anthony H; Hashim, Ahmed S (1997). Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7867-4234-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[:0-3] Atassi, Basma (December 22, 2016). "Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has 'political sensibility'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-11.

[4] "Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list". CNN. 2006-07-02. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[5] "Jordan stands by Saddam Hussein's daughter". TurkishNews.com. 2006-07-02. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[6] "Saddam daughter asking body be buried in Yemen". Reuters. 2006-12-29. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[MEMO2021-7] "Controversy as Saddam Hussein's daughter appears on TV". Middle East Monitor. 16 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-21. Retrieved 2021-02-23.

[8] "Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party". Voice of America. 22 October 2023.

[9] "Warrant out for Saddam daughter". BBC News. 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2013-06-12.

[10] Salloum, Raniah (2014-08-29). ""Islamic State" in Iraq: Saddam's daughter is godmother Terror". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2014-08-31.

[FoxBaath-11] Hall, Benjamin (23 June 2014). "ISIS joins forces with Saddam loyalists in bid to take Baghdad". Fox News Channel. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

[12] "Saddam's eldest daughter Raghead on most wanted list". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

[13] "Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party". VOA News. 22 October 2023.

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-'''Raghad Saddam Hussein''' ({{lang-ar|رغد صدام حسين}}; born 2 September 1968) is an Iraqi in exile and the eldest daughter of former Iraqi ruler [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter on Iraq's most-wanted list|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-04-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
+'''Raghead Saddam Hussein''' ({{lang-ar|رغد صدام حسين}}; born 2 September 1968) is an Iraqi in exile and the eldest daughter of former Iraqi ruler [[Saddam Hussein]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter on Iraq's most-wanted list|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rhQGrGhFzxY |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-04-22}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
 == Biography ==
-Raghad Hussein was married in 1983 to [[Hussein Kamel al-Majid]], her cousin who later defected in 1995 and shared government weapons secrets with [[UNSCOM]], the [[CIA]] and [[MI6]]. Hussein Kamel was killed in 1996 along with his brother [[Saddam Kamel]], allegedly<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cordesman |first=Anthony H |title=Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond |last2=Hashim |first2=Ahmed S |date=1997 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7867-4234-9}}</ref> by fellow clan members who declared them traitors. Saddam Hussein had allegedly made it clear that although he had pardoned both Hussein Kamel and his brother, they would lose all status, and would not receive any protection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=Basma|last=Atassi|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has 'political sensibility'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/middleeast/raghad-saddam-hussein-interview/index.html|access-date=2020-09-11|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref>
+Raghead Hussein was married in 1983 to [[Hussein Kamel al-Majid]], her cousin who later defected in 1995 and shared government weapons secrets with [[UNSCOM]], the [[CIA]] and [[MI6]]. Hussein Kamel was killed in 1996 along with his brother [[Saddam Kamel]], allegedly<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cordesman |first=Anthony H |title=Iraq: Sanctions and Beyond |last2=Hashim |first2=Ahmed S |date=1997 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7867-4234-9}}</ref> by fellow clan members who declared them traitors. Saddam Hussein had allegedly made it clear that although he had pardoned both Hussein Kamel and his brother, they would lose all status, and would not receive any protection.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|first=Basma|last=Atassi|title=Saddam Hussein's daughter: Trump has 'political sensibility'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/22/middleeast/raghead-saddam-hussein-interview/index.html|access-date=2020-09-11|website=[[CNN]]|date=December 22, 2016}}</ref>
-Raghad Hussein had five children with Hussein Kamel: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej; and two daughters, Hareer and Banan.
+Raghead Hussein had five children with Hussein Kamel: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej; and two daughters, Hareer and Banan.
-In 2003, Raghad and many prominent [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Baathists]] fled to [[Jordan]] where [[King Abdullah II]] gave her personal protection.
+In 2003, Raghead and many prominent [[Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region|Iraqi Baathists]] fled to [[Jordan]] where [[King Abdullah II]] gave her personal protection.
-On July 2, 2006, the Iraqi government's national security advisor [[Muwaffaq al-Rubaie]] declared that Raghad and her [[Sajida Talfah|mother]] were wanted because they supported the [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|insurgency in Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/ |title=Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=2006-07-02 |access-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205152841/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/ |archive-date=December 5, 2007 }}</ref> The Jordanian Prime Minister, [[Marouf al-Bakhit]], made a statement that "Raghad was under the royal family's protection," and "the presence of Mrs. Raghad Saddam Hussein and her children in Jordan is motivated by humanitarian considerations. She is the guest of the [[Hashemite]] royal family (of King Abdullah II), and under its protection as a seeker of asylum in accordance with Arab tradition". Her exact location, however, has not been disclosed.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=131563 | title = Jordan stands by Saddam Hussein's daughter | work = TurkishNews.com | date = 2006-07-02 | access-date = 2013-06-12}}</ref>
+On July 2, 2006, the Iraqi government's national security advisor [[Muwaffaq al-Rubaie]] declared that Raghead and her [[Sajida Talfah|mother]] were wanted because they supported the [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|insurgency in Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/ |title=Hussein's wife, daughter on new 'wanted' list |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=2006-07-02 |access-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205152841/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/ |archive-date=December 5, 2007 }}</ref> The Jordanian Prime Minister, [[Marouf al-Bakhit]], made a statement that "Raghead was under the royal family's protection," and "the presence of Mrs. Raghead Saddam Hussein and her children in Jordan is motivated by humanitarian considerations. She is the guest of the [[Hashemite]] royal family (of King Abdullah II), and under its protection as a seeker of asylum in accordance with Arab tradition". Her exact location, however, has not been disclosed.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=131563 | title = Jordan stands by Saddam Hussein's daughter | work = TurkishNews.com | date = 2006-07-02 | access-date = 2013-06-12}}</ref>
-On December 30, 2006, [[Execution of Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein was executed]] in Iraq. Prior to the execution, Raghad Hussein asked for her father's body to be temporarily buried in [[Yemen]], until coalition forces are expelled from Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30825677.htm |title=Saddam daughter asking body be buried in Yemen |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=2006-12-29 |access-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612165056/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30825677.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2010 }}</ref>
+On December 30, 2006, [[Execution of Saddam Hussein|Saddam Hussein was executed]] in Iraq. Prior to the execution, Raghead Hussein asked for her father's body to be temporarily buried in [[Yemen]], until coalition forces are expelled from Iraq.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30825677.htm |title=Saddam daughter asking body be buried in Yemen |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=2006-12-29 |access-date=2013-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612165056/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30825677.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2010 }}</ref>
 In February 2021, she appeared in a six-part televised interview on ''[[Al Arabiya]]'' in her first media appearance in years. She discussed her memories, family matters, and her willingness to eventually return to Iraq and play a political role, which created some diplomatic tensions in the region and controversy amongst public opinion in Iraq.<ref name="MEMO2021">{{Cite web|title=Controversy as Saddam Hussein's daughter appears on TV |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210216-controversy-as-saddam-husseins-daughter-appears-on-tv |access-date=2021-02-23 |website=[[Middle East Monitor]] |date=16 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221052848/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210216-controversy-as-saddam-husseins-daughter-appears-on-tv |archive-date=2021-02-21}}</ref>
-As of 2023, Raghad Hussein still lives in [[Jordan]] since leaving Iraq in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iraq-sentences-saddam-hussein-s-daughter-for-promoting-banned-political-party/7321724.html |work=Voice of America |date=22 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
+As of 2023, Raghead Hussein still lives in [[Jordan]] since leaving Iraq in 2003.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iraq-sentences-saddam-hussein-s-daughter-for-promoting-banned-political-party/7321724.html |work=Voice of America |date=22 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
 ==Arrest warrant==
 In August 2007, the international police agency [[Interpol]] announced that it had circulated an arrest warrant for Hussein, on suspicions that she and her aides had been assisting the [[Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)|insurgency in Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6952128.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Warrant out for Saddam daughter | date=2007-08-17 | access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref> These suspicions were reflected in an August 2014 article in ''[[Spiegel Online]]'', which proposed the title "Terror Godmother".<ref>{{cite news | url =http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/tochter-saddam-husseins-sponsert-islamisten-a-988581.html | work=[[Spiegel Online]] | title="Islamic State" in Iraq: Saddam's daughter is godmother Terror | first1=Raniah | last1=Salloum | date=2014-08-29 | access-date=2014-08-31}}</ref> The article reports that, while living in opulence in Jordan, Hussein's fortune in the double-digit millions is used to support the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL), with the ultimate goal of returning to regain power in Baghdad. Earlier in June, [[Fox News Channel]] had quoted such an intention expressed by Hussein in an interview she had given.<ref name="FoxBaath">{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/06/23/isis-joins-forces-with-saddam-loyalists-in-bid-to-take-baghdad/ |title=ISIS joins forces with Saddam loyalists in bid to take Baghdad |publisher= [[Fox News Channel]] |last1=Hall|first1=Benjamin|date=23 June 2014 |access-date=31 August 2014}}</ref>
-Hussein is listed on Iraq's most wanted list of individuals alongside 59 others. It also features 28 ISIL fighters, 12 from [[Al-Qaeda]] and 20 from the [[Baath party]], giving details of the roles they play in their organisations, the crimes of which they are suspected, and, in most cases, photographs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saddam's eldest daughter Raghad on most wanted list|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/saddam-eldest-daughter-raghad-wanted-list-180204163537080.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, she was still living in [[Amman]], but wished to come back to Iraq.<ref name=":0" />
+Hussein is listed on Iraq's most wanted list of individuals alongside 59 others. It also features 28 ISIL fighters, 12 from [[Al-Qaeda]] and 20 from the [[Baath party]], giving details of the roles they play in their organisations, the crimes of which they are suspected, and, in most cases, photographs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saddam's eldest daughter Raghead on most wanted list|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/saddam-eldest-daughter-raghad-wanted-list-180204163537080.html|access-date=2020-06-25|website=www.aljazeera.com}}</ref> {{As of|2021}}, she was still living in [[Amman]], but wished to come back to Iraq.<ref name=":0" />
 On 22 October 2023, a court in Baghdad sentenced her in absentia to seven years in prison for promoting activities of the outlawed Baath party during her television interviews in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/iraq-sentences-saddam-hussein-s-daughter-for-promoting-banned-political-party/7321724.html |title=Iraq Sentences Saddam Hussein's Daughter for Promoting Banned Political Party |publisher=VOA News |date=22 October 2023 }}</ref>
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Biography	17 July Revolution 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge Iran–Iraq War U.S. support Anfal campaign Gulf War 1991 uprisings Human rights record Saddam–al-Qaeda conspiracy theory timeline Capture Interrogation Trial Execution reactions
Books	Zabibah and the King The Fortified Castle Men and the City Begone, Demons Blood Quran
Propaganda	Killing babies Alleged shredder
Family	Father: Hussein 'Abid al-Majid Mother: Subha Tulfah al-Mussallat Half-brothers: Watban, Sabawi, and Barzan Wives: Sajida Talfah and Samira Shahbandar Uncle and Father-in-Law: Khairallah Talfah Sons: Uday and Qusay Daughters: Rana, Raghad, and Hala Grandchildren: Mustapha Hussein
Media	Al-ayyam al-tawila House of Saddam South Park The Devil's Double
Category:Saddam Hussein

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