Assassination attempt claiming the life of Qusay Saddam Hussein

The London- based al-Hayat daily said in its Wednesday's issue that the higher council for the Islamic revolutions in Iraq has stressed that Qusay Saddam Hussein escaped an assassination attempt made by two army officers from the special security department.

The official responsible for the higher council offive in London Hameed al-Bayani told the paper that Qusay survived from death on October 19th from a failed assassination attempt carried out by Lt. Kamel Abbas al-Hadidi and Maj. Hussein al-Douri and they were arrested and executed later. Al-Bayani added that the two men tried to collide Qusay's car which he was personally riding.