Iraqi Opposition Says It Wounded Saddam's Son

August 14, 2002

DUBAI -- A U.S.-backed Iraqi opposition group said its militants had shot and wounded the influential younger son of President Saddam Hussein during an ambush earlier this month, Saudi-owned newspapers reported on Wednesday.

The Arabic-language Asharq al-Awsat quoted the London-based Iraqi National Congress (INC) as saying in a statement that Qusay, who controls the elite Republican Guard, was wounded in the arm when a gunman shot at his motorcade in one of Baghdad's plush neighborhoods on August 1.

It said Iraqi security forces clashed with the fleeing attackers and destroyed their car.

No comment was immediately available from Iraqi officials in Baghdad. There was no independent confirmation of the report, which was carried by the London-based al-Hayat newspaper as well.

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