with all others and not showing any of the superiority and arrogance that became the usual behaviour of Khairallah Talfah's daughter Ilham. It is reported that Ilham disagreed with a Kurd girl's opinion in a religious education lesson; then the secret service, sent by her father Khairallah the next morning, arrested the young girl who was then reportedly released after a few days but never joined the school again. Ilham was reportedly saying that she had to get her arrested to teach her and any other person who dares to "behave inappropriately" a good lesson. Ilham married Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr's son, only to divorce from him as soon as Saddam took power from al-Bakr, allegedly through the influence of her father Khairallah. Ilham then married Watban وطبان, Saddam's half brother. Khairallah Talfah's son Lou'ay لؤي was shot with a hand gun in 1983 while in the resort of Habbaniya. The bullet fractured his femur and an emergency surgery to fix the fracture with a plate and screws was performed in Rasheed Military Hospital in Baghdad on the same night. He made a full recovery after a few weeks' stay in Rasheed Military Hospital Officers' Fracture ward. The surgery was performed by Major General Doctor Moflih Al-Dulaimi اللواء الطبيب مفلح فارس الدليمي اختصاصي جراحة العظام والكسور who happened to have been on-on call that night. The circumstances of the shooting were not clear, but he claimed that it had been an accidental shooting while cleaning the gun. However, no gunpowder wounds وشم بارودي were reported to have been seen on the entry wound by the surgeons. This means that the gun was unlikely to have been fired within 90 cm of the injured, and therefore, it could not have been self-inflicted. Family ties He had strong family ties with the highest Iraqi power figures: He was Ali Hassan al-Majid's brother in law (Khairallah was married to Ali's sister Fatima). His daughter Ilham married Haytham (Al-Bakr's eldest son), only to divorce when Al-Bakr lost power to Saddam Hussein then married Watban (Saddam's half brother). He was Saddam Hussein's uncle (Saddam's mother was his sister Sabha). He was Saddam's father in law (Saddam Hussein was married to Khairiallah's daughter, Sajida). References 1919 births 1993 deaths Anti-Iranian sentiments Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Iraqi Arab nationalists Iraqi Sunni Muslims Mayors of Baghdad Place of birth missing Place of death missing Tulfah