Former Iraq referee Furat Ahmed Kadoim, at his Winson Green, Birmingham home. The Iraqi football referee who was tortured on the orders of Saddam Hussein's son Uday has expressed delight and relief at news of the psychopathic killer's death. * Furat Ahmed Kadoim, who is living in Winson Green, Birmingham, after fleeing to England seven months ago, said he had been contacted by numerous friends who were overjoyed that Uday and Qusay were dead. The 37-year-old Fifa-registered official - who was jailed three times after refusing to obey Uday's demands to cheat and let his favourite soccer tea

Former Iraq referee Furat Ahmed Kadoim, at his Winson Green, Birmingham home. The Iraqi football referee who was tortured on the orders of Saddam Hussein's son Uday has expressed delight and relief at news of the psychopathic killer's death. * Furat Ahmed Kadoim, who is living in Winson Green, Birmingham, after fleeing to England seven months ago, said he had been contacted by numerous friends who were overjoyed that Uday and Qusay were dead. The 37-year-old Fifa-registered official - who was jailed three times after refusing to obey Uday's demands to cheat and let his favourite soccer tea Stock Photo
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24 July 2003

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Former Iraq referee Furat Ahmed Kadoim, at his Winson Green, Birmingham home. The Iraqi football referee who was tortured on the orders of Saddam Hussein's son Uday has expressed delight and relief at news of the psychopathic killer's death. * Furat Ahmed Kadoim, who is living in Winson Green, Birmingham, after fleeing to England seven months ago, said he had been contacted by numerous friends who were overjoyed that Uday and Qusay were dead. The 37-year-old Fifa-registered official - who was jailed three times after refusing to obey Uday's demands to cheat and let his favourite soccer team win - said: "Of course I am very happy - he was a killer. Describing his ordeals at the hands of Uday's henchmen in 1999 and 2002, Mr Kadoim said he was thrown in the notorious Al-Radwaniya jail, where he was beaten on his feet, back and legs.

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