Sons and grandson reburied near Saddam's grave

The bodies of Saddam Hussein’s sons and a grandson have been exhumed and reburied near the ousted Iraqi leader’s grave in his hometown north of Baghdad.

Sons and grandson reburied near Saddam's grave

The bodies of Saddam Hussein’s sons and a grandson have been exhumed and reburied near the ousted Iraqi leader’s grave in his hometown north of Baghdad.

Saddam’s sons, Odai, 39, and Qusai, 37, and his 14-year-old grandson Mustafa died on July 22, 2003, in a gun battle with US troops in the northern city of Mosul and had been buried in the main tribal cemetery in Tikrit, 80 miles north of the capital.

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