# Did Anyone Claim Saddam's sons Bodies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270 "2003-10-29T17:35:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/1 "2003-10-29T17:35:38Z")
If so, who claimed them and how long did it take before they came forward? ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/2 "2003-10-29T17:49:35Z")
Members of the extended family, IIRC. They were buried in Tikrit, with a few days after they were killed. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/3 "2003-10-29T18:30:59Z")
Some members of Saddam’s extended family claimed them a couple days after the battle. The US military worked to release the bodies ASAP, since Muslim tradition requires burials to happen very quickly after death. They were buried in Tikrit. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/4 "2003-10-29T18:55:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Some members of Saddam’s extended family claimed them a couple days after the battle. The US military worked to release the bodies ASAP, since Muslim tradition requires burials to happen very quickly after death. They were buried in Tikrit. \*\* Then why did Saddam release a tape saying that his sons were “not dead” if extended family picked them up and buried them? Do you think he was in denial or was that some kind of sick tactic of his? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/5 "2003-10-29T21:50:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > **Then why did Saddam release a tape saying that his sons were "not dead"** Perhaps Saddam tells lies, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/6 "2003-10-29T22:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > Then why did Saddam release a tape saying that his sons were “not dead” if extended family picked them up and buried them? It is widely believed that Saddam Hussein is crazier than a rabid shithouse skunk. ---
**Author:** ![Big-Ole-Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Big-Ole-Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big-Ole-Steve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/7 "2003-10-29T22:34:07Z")
I thought the tape he released right after their deaths said that they were indeed dead and that he was proud that they had been noble martyrs for his cause. I’ll work on a cite. Steve ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/8 "2003-10-29T22:46:00Z")
I was under the impression they were stuffed, mounted, and sitting next to Sitting Bull’s skull in the Skull And Bones house at Yale these days… ---
**Author:** ![Big-Ole-Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Big-Ole-Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big-Ole-Steve)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-claim-saddams-sons-bodies/210270/9 "2003-10-29T22:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > _I said:_ > I thought the tape he released right after their deaths said that they were indeed dead and that he was proud that they had been noble martyrs for his cause. Cites: News Story discussing the tape: [http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/dl/Qiraq-us-saddam-tape.Rgzi\_DlT.html](http://www.softcom.net/webnews/wed/dl/Qiraq-us-saddam-tape.Rgzi_DlT.html) Transcripts of all of Saddam’s tapes: [http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/iraq/saddamtapes2.htm](http://www.al-bab.com/arab/docs/iraq/saddamtapes2.htm) Steve