No lament for ‘irrelevant’ sons

THERE were no regrets in yesterday’s Arab press over the deaths of Saddam Hussein’s notorious sons, but newspapers doubted that the killing of Uday and Qusay by US forces would ease anti-US resistance in Iraq.

“Those defending Iraq are unknown people whose statues are not erected on the streets and whose activities do not hinge on the presence or otherwise of Saddam, Uday, Qusay and all the clique that ruled the country with iron and fire,” wrote Saudi Arabia’s Al-Watan.

Resistance “will continue in various forms so long as the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow”, the daily newspaper predicted.