Lasting from 2003 to 2011, The Second Persian Gulf War, also known as the Iraq War, was a largely U.S.-British invasion of Iraq, on the pretext that dictator Saddam Hussein was building weapons of mass destruction On December 30, 2006, Saddam Hussein was executed in Iraq.Journalist Network's Zain is partnering up with Mini-doc YouTube channel "Reel Knewz" to go to Iraq this May to speak and capture the Iraqi public's perception of the war that took the lives of over an estimate of half a million people in Iraq including US army troops. On 13 December 2003, in Operation Red Dawn, Saddam Hussein was captured by American forces after being found hiding in a hole in the ground near a farmhouse in ad-Dawr, near Tikrit. In 2003, Raghad and many prominent Iraqi Baathists fled to Jordan where King Abdullah II gave her personal protection. In July 2003, his sons Uday and Qusay and 14-year-old grandson Mustapha were killed in a three-hour gunfight with the US forces. From April 2003, Saddam Hussein's whereabouts were not known. The Iraqi government and military collapsed within three weeks of the beginning of the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq on 20 March. The two men were killed in a 13-hour-long gunfight at a safe house on 23 February 1996. Reportedly, immediately upon their return, they were ordered to divorce their wives and were denounced as traitors. In February 1996, after intermediaries for Saddam Hussein had assured them that all would be forgiven, Hussein Kamel and Saddam Kamel were convinced to return to Iraq with their wives. On 7 August 1995, Kamel and Raghad defected from Iraq, along with Kamel's brother, Saddam Kamel, and the brother's wife, Rana Saddam, another of Saddam Hussein's daughters. Raghad Hussein was married in 1983 to Hussein Kamel al-Majid and the two had five children to al-Majid: three sons, Ali, Saddam and Wahej and two daughters, Hareer and Banan. Raghad Saddam Hussein's relations with father: The publication "Spiegel Online" - in August 2014 - in an article titled "Terror Godmother" alleged that, while living in opulence in Jordan, Raghad Hussein's fortune in the double-digit millions was funding the ISIS, with the ultimate goal of returning to avenging power in Baghdad. 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. She says the letters would arrive with certain lines blacked out. Recently, Raghad had also tweeted about how her father sent her letters during his trial and how he would ask her to send a certain brand of cigars that he would share with others and also for clothes that he wanted from home. The interview also comes at a time when there are reports that Raghad is planning to run for office in Iraq and that there is obstruction from certain political quarters to her plans. Raghad added that her father had never hit his daughters, and boys were always the ones to take the punishment. And when was time to punish Raghad, she said that she was so scared and that her father saw the fear in her eyes, so he smiled and gave her the "I don't know" hand gesture and left after telling his kids: 'Children, I missed my nap and rest time.' Raghad narrates how Saddam's sleep was broken and he came down to the kids and gave the boys a small punishment. On one such occasion, Raghad, her brothers Odai and Qusai were creating a lot of noise as they were playing in the backyard. That also meant he would peep in back home to have an afternoon nap. Raghad says her father - then the Iraqi head of state was an early riser and would be out of home and busy at office since early hours of the day. Raghad narrated an incident when this is in ample display. The man who ruled Iraq with an iron fist was a softie to his children, especially the daughters. "While some praised her “charisma and poise“ as she discussed a potential foray into Iraq politics, others were less enthused," reports Al-Arabiya.
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