Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons

Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons

The Ba’athist regime of Saddam Hussein may have fallen on Mar. 20, 2003, but the hunt for its leadership would take much longer. The dictator and his two sons, Uday and Qusay, were still out there.Finding Saddam would take nine months, while his sons were tracked to their hideout in just a few weeks. And they would be found by the U.S. Army’s most elite soldiers.Also Read: Why Saddam Hussein buried Iraq’s air force in the desertTask Force 20’s m…