Saddam son's newspaper banned

A newspaper owned by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s brutal eldest son Odai has been shut down after the Information Ministry accused it of breaching publication laws.

A newspaper owned by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s brutal eldest son Odai has been shut down after the Information Ministry accused it of breaching publication laws.

“The paper was ordered shut down for 30 days for violating the regulations,” said an Iraqi official. He declined to give further details.

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