Report: Qusai Saddam Hussein to be named the second man in Iraq

The London-based Middle East daily said that according to statements to leading cadres in the ruling Baath Party in Iraq and the regional leadership of the Baath Party and its branches in the Iraqi provinces the party discussed during two-day deliberations the Nomination of Qusai, the second son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, to be the second man in the Iraqi leadership.

In a report published on Tuesday, the paper added that the leading cadres in the Baath party approved the appointment of Qusai Saddam Hussein as the deputy chairman of the state's council due to be formed shortly in Iraq.

The paper added that Iraqi leading Baathists considered the appointment of Qusai as marking the beginning of a series of changes to take place in Iraq.