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(#14) He Was Jealous Of His Brother Qusay
Uday's jealousy reportedly knew no bounds. He allegedly demanded media personnel refrain from publishing photos of his brother Qusay. If anyone disobeyed his mandate, he was known to react violently. Uday also allegedly claimed he should be able to have free reign over any women he deemed beautiful - especially when they'd already been intimate with his brother.
According to Time, a business associate of Uday maintained the jealous older brother would then brand the women with a “U,” signifying his ownership.
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(#1) He Was Known For Having Women Abducted
In his novel The Devil’s Double, Latif Yahia depicts how bodyguards seized women for Uday Hussein’s personal use. He maintains how the guards often assaulted the abductees as well. If Uday laid eyes on a woman he desired, he’d reportedly order his henchmen to kidnap her right off the streets and take her to his private chambers.
If the women tried to report the incident, the guards would terminate them at their boss’s command. Uday’s infamous legacy includes attacks on women, regardless of age or consent.
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(#15) He Micromanaged The Weight Of His Staff
Reportedly, a friend of the Hussein family admitted both Saddam and Uday had each member of their staff weighed. These measures were conducted to prevent theft, and the Husseins assumed the employees were stealing if they were amassing pounds.
As punishment, Uday allegedly sent the staff suspected of using unaccounted funds to purchase food to a “discipline” facility.
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(#9) He Cut Out A Man's Tongue To Keep Him Quiet
Uday found out that a friend of his - who knew compromising information - was planning an unexpected move out of the country. Uday concocted a plan to make sure his associate would never be able to tell the Hussein secrets.
Uday invited him to his 37th birthday party. He then had the man apprehended by authorities and taken to prison. There, he cut off the man’s tongue.
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(#13) His Punishment Of Choice Was A Medieval-Style Foot-Whipping Device
When Uday discovered Internet access and began collecting methods of punishment, his favorite was the foot-whipper. An article in Time magazine describes the medieval-era falaqa as "a rod with clamps that go around the ankles so that the offender, feet in the air, can be hit on the bare soles with a stick."
According to top officials in the Hussein administration, Uday often issued beatings for simple mistakes or errors. One official recalled Uday ordering him to carry a personal falaqa as a symbol of the constant turmoil Uday felt the employee deserved. Reportedly, Uday inflicted the falaqa on his butler for using the wrong kitchenware.
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(#5) He Even Went After Friends And Family
According to those who witnessed Uday’s actions, the heir behaved violently and erratically. Reportedly, he had a habit of snapping: he would beat, shoot, and even eliminate people on a whim. In 1988, he once fatally attacked his father’s bodyguard with a carving knife. In another instance, Uday shot one of his uncles in the leg.
Saddam thought his son was too unstable and exiled him to Switzerland for a while as a sort of timeout. The Swiss kicked him back to Iraq less than a month later because he was volatile.
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