- Mustapha Hussein
Infobox person
name = Mustapha Hussein
birth_date =January 3 ,1989
birth_place =Tikrit, Iraq
death_date =July 22 ,2003 (age 14)
death_place =Mosul, Iraq Mustapha Qusay Hussein al-Tikriti (
January 3 1989 -July 22 2003 ) was the son ofQusay Hussein , and grandson of formerIraq i PresidentSaddam Hussein .On
July 22 2003 , 14-year old Mustapha was killed, along with his father Qusay and uncleUday Hussein , during a raid by U.S. troops on a home in the northern Iraqi city ofMosul . Circumstances of his death remain uncertain.Some reports indicate that all the inhabitants of the compound were dead following a helicopter missile attack before US troops entered the house. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31549-2003Jul22?language=printer] After his death the story circulated that he had been the last one to die and had held off the American troops for some time. [ [http://www.counterpunch.org/thomas07302003.html "Killing Mustafa Hussein: Death of a Child Martyr, Birth of a Legend?"] .]References
External links
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/thomas07302003.html "Killing Mustafa Hussein: Death of a Child Martyr, Birth of a Legend?"] , Lisa Walsh Thomas.
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&GRid=7701696&PIgrid=7701696&PIcrid=1967629&PIpi=566073& Hussein family graves]
* [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=123&art_id=qw1086431402502B262&set_id=1 Retaliation for the killing of Hussein brothers]
* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/btchristian.htm American soldier dies, 12 hours later in Mosul, retaliation by insurgents]
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