- Adnan Khairallah
General Adnan Khairallah (Arabic: عدنان خير الله طلفاح ; died
May 4 ,1989 ), wasSaddam Hussein 's brother-in-law (Sajida Talfah 's brother andKhairallah Talfah 's son) and cousin. He held several titles, before dying in a helicopter crash nearMosul in the late eighties during a sandstorm. The previous year, there had been speculation that General Khairallah might have been involved in a coup plot against President Hussein [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D81638F934A35756C0A96F948260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink] .Although a relative of Saddam's, he remains a popular figure and a square named in his honour exists to this day in the al-
Karkh area ofBaghdad where a statue of him still stands, unlike any other statues of members of the previous previous government, which have all been removed following the fall of Baghdad in 2003.Persondata
NAME= Khairallah, Adnan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= عدنان خير الله طلفاح
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ex Iraqi minister; Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law
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DATE OF DEATH=May 4 1989
PLACE OF DEATH=Mosul
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