Al-Audja , or Uja ( Arabic: العوجا ) is a village in Salah al-Din governorate, 13 km south of Tikrit , on the western bank of the Tigris River.
| Village | |
| Al-audja Uja | |
|---|---|
| Arab. العوجا | |
| A country |  Iraq |
| Region | Salah al-Din (governorate) |
| History and Geography | |
| Population | |
| Population | 29,000 people ( 2005 ) |
| Official language | Arab |
History
The President of Iraq in 1979-2003, Saddam Hussein ( April 28, 1937 ), as well as the governors of many provinces of the state who were in the service while he was in power, were born in Al-Audja.
On December 13, 2003, during Operation US soldiers discovered him a few kilometers from his hometown in the city of Al-Daur . After no more than 24 hours from the moment of his execution for crimes against humanity until dawn on December 31, 2006, he was buried in a village cemetery, a few hundred meters from the graves of his sons [1] . On March 15, 2015, during the , the grave of Saddam Hussein was destroyed. After the liberation of Al-Audji on March 16 by the Iraqi forces, a unit of the Kurdish militia, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Force , under the command of Major General Kassem Suleimani hoisted a flag with Shiite symbols over the village [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Filkins, Dexter. AFTER THE WAR: UDAY AND QUSAY; At Funeral for Hussein Sons, A Call for 'Death to America' // New York Times. - New York: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., 2003 .-- August 3. Archived on May 10, 2017.
- ↑ Toppa, Sabrina. Saddam Hussein's Tomb Destroyed Amid Fierce Fighting in Iraq's Tikrit // English . - New York: Time Inc., 2015 .-- March 16. Archived on March 17, 2015.
- ↑ Freeman, Colin. Saddam Hussein's tomb destroyed as Isil plants bombs in Iraq (Eng.) // Telegraph. - London, 2015 .-- March 16. Archived on March 17, 2015.