Saddam's daughter mad over pics
2005-05-23 14:50
Amman - A daughter of Iraq's ex-dictator Saddam Hussein was "outraged" by the published pictures of her jailed father dressed only in underwear, an aide said on Monday.
"She was shocked and outraged because of the pictures," which appeared in a British newspaper, the aide of Raghad Hussein told AFP.
"She described the pictures as inhumane, and wondered why her father is not being treated as a human being and the father of three daughters," the source said.
The Sun newspaper - Britain's best-selling daily - published Friday a front-page cover of a bare-chested Saddam standing in his underwear with the headline "Tyrant's in his pants", using the British term for underwear briefs.
A further photograph of the 68-year-old former Iraqi president washing his clothes by hand in a bucket along with shots of other detainees was printed on Saturday.
Billed as a world exclusive, the Sun said it got the pictures from American military sources.
Lawyers representing Saddam said on Friday they planned to sue the Sun after it published the first set of photos of the deposed Iraqi dictator, Al-Jazeera television reported.
Iraq gained custody of Saddam after it regained sovereignty last year, but he remains under US military control.
Raghad lives in Jordan with her sister Rana and their kids since they were granted asylum in July 2003. Their youngest sister Hala and mother Sajedah live in Qatar.
- SAPA