- BAGHDAD - The bodies of the
two slain sons of Saddam Hussein, Uday and Qusay, underwent "facial
reconstruction" before they were shown to international correspondents
Friday, a U.S. military official said.
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- "The two bodies have undergone facial reconstruction
with mortician's putty to make them resemble as closely as possible the
faces of the brothers when they were alive," a U.S. military official
told a pool correspondent.
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- This was standard practice and there was no intention
to deceive, he said, speaking to around 15 journalists at Baghdad's international
airport where the corpses were being kept, AFP reported.
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- Qusay's beard had been shaved off but his moustache had
been left, while Uday's beard was still intact, the pool correspondent
said.
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- He added that the corpses did not look like they had
in the initial photographs taken of the two and released to the press on
Thursday.
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- A wound in Uday's face had been repaired, but there was
still a hole in the top of his head, he added.
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- Speaking as the bodies were shown to independent journalists,
the military official said there was "no indication" that either
of the brothers had committed suicide during the U.S. raid Tuesday on the
house in the northern city of Mosul where they were holed up.
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- He added that the U.S. military had not yet decided what
to do with the bodies, but that it may be prepared to release them to family
members.
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- The U.S.-led coalition decided to release photographs
of two corpses on Thursday in an effort to overcome deep suspicion among
Iraqis over whether the pair were really killed in Tuesday's assault. But
many Iraqis interviewed Thursday were still sceptical.
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