TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) – Unlike his brother Uday Hussein, who craved attention, Qusay Hussein preferred to stay out of the public eye.

He was 37 years old and was Saddam's eyes and ears. He loyally planned and carried out assassinations of opposition figures both outside and inside the country and conducted surveillance of high-ranking officials. Qusay, Ali Hassan al-Majid (Chemical Ali), and Wastban al-Tikriti were responsible for purchasing arms and coordinating Iraq's armed forces.

Qusay was extremely self-confident.

There was an aura of mystery around Qusay because he was in charge of security missions and hit-and-run operations.

Qusay began serious activities in 1990 during the occupation of Kuwait. After the former chief of military intelligence defected to an opposition group, Qusay was appointed chief of internal security.

He was just as cold-hearted and ruthless as his father and did not have the slightest compunction about killing people. He was directly involved in the executions of theologians from the Najaf Seminary and the attacks on holy sites in Karbala, Najaf, Samarra, and Kazemein.

As the commander of the Special Republican Guard, he was responsible for protecting deposed dictator Saddam Hussein.

Unlike Uday, who sided with his mother, he sided with his father. Saddam began to favor Qusay, which caused Uday to take measures against his younger brother. Uday's newspaper Babel was even banned for one month as a result of the conflict.

The women of the family also played a role in the disputes among the dictator's relatives.