- Sajida Talfah
Sajida Khairallah Talfah ( _ar. ساجدة خيرالله طلفاح), born
1937 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2965538.stm] , is the widow and cousin of formerIraq i PresidentSaddam Hussein , and mother of two sons (Uday and Qusay) and three daughters (Raghad, Rana, and Hala). She is the oldest daughter ofKhairallah Talfah . She was married to Saddam in anarranged marriage in1963 . Before marrying, she was aprimary school teacher .In April
2003 , Sajida Talfah fled Iraq, possibly toQatar . In July 2004, she hired a multi-lingual and multi-national defense team of some 20 lawyers to defend her husband during his trial for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other offences. Sajida herself is also a fugitive from justice, wanted in Iraq for murder, theft, embezzlement, ordering torture of her enemies, and other crimes.On December 2004 her alleged mansion in Qatar was found empty and her fate as of now is unknown. There have been several sightings of her in the
Khorramshar andAbadan area of theKhuzestan province ofIran Fact|date=January 2008.On
July 2 ,2006 , Iraq national security advisorMuwaffaq al-Rubaie announced that Sajida and her daughterRaghad Saddam Hussein are placed 17th and 16th on the Iraqi government's most wanted list for financing Sunni Musliminsurgents under Saddam's reign. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/iraq.main/] [http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=366962&lng=1]See also
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Samira Shahbandar , allegedly Saddam's second wife
*Nidal al-Hamdani , allegedly Saddam's third wife
*Wafa el-Mullah al-Howeish , allegedly Saddam's fourth wifeExternal links
* [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-04-14-saddam-wife_x.htm Fled] : from
USA Today .
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