According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Uday, Saddam Hussein's oldest son, is suffering from a brain hemorrhage inflicted by a member of Saddam's Fedayeen. These Fedayeen are Iraq's version of Saddam’s special forces, so this is intriguing indeed.

Mosuah al-Nahrain in its website on Thursday quoted sources north of Iraq as saying that very tough and indecent orders, issued by Uday, who heads Saddam's Fedayeen, had provoked the conflict as the young an attacked Uday. Uday's bodyguards then beat the man to injury.

The website declined to give further comments.

My first impulse was to disbelieve this story and suspect that the brain hemorrhage was inflicted by the initial US attack. However, that does not make any sense. This story is much worse for the Iraqis. If some of his special forces are refusing to implement their orders, this shows that the psych-ops are showing results.

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