Samira Shahbandar was allegedly Saddam Hussein's second wife. She is supposedly the mother of his third son, Ali, though members of Saddam's family claim that Ali is actually his grandson. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ... Ali Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (Arabic: علي صدام حسين التكريتي, born 1983) is the supposed third son of Saddam Hussein, whose mother is Samira Shahbandar, Saddams second wife. ...

She was introduced to Saddam by one of his favorite servants, Kemal Hana Gegeo. She became Saddam's mistress. She is described as tall, blond, and from a merchant family from Baghdad. Saddam may have secretly married Samira while married to Sajida Talfah, his first wife. Sajida was jealous and humiliated. Sajida's brother Adnan Khayrallah complained about Saddam's mistress. Adnan was killed in a helicopter crash, caused by "mechanical failure." Saddam's bodyguard said that Saddam told him to place a bomb on the helicopter. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Sajida Khairallah Talfah (Arabic: ‎) was the first wife and first cousin of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and mother of two sons (Uday and Qusay) and three daughters (Raghad, Rana, and Hala). ...

Uday Hussein, son of Saddam and Sajida, was also angry over his father's mistress. Uday believed that his inheritance was endangered by the mistress. He took it as an insult to his mother. In October 1988, at a party thrown in the honor of Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Uday beat and stabbed Gegeo to death, bludgeoning Gegeo repeatedly in front of horrified guests. Saddam declared that Uday would go to trial for murder. The parents of Gegeo begged that Uday be pardoned. Uday was pardoned and banished temporarily to Switzerland. [1] Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (June 18, 1964 Baghdad – July 22, 2003 Mosul), (Arabic: ) was the eldest son of Saddam Hussein and his first wife, Sajida Talfah. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Muhammad Hosni Said Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسنى سيد مبارك Muḥammad Ḥusnī Mubārak), commonly known as Hosni Mubarak (Arabic: حسنى مبارك Ḥusnī Mubārak), has been the President of Egypt since 14 October 1981. ...

It is believed that Saddam’s location was discovered by Mossad agents who intercepted phone calls between Saddam and Samira. [2] The Saudi daily Okaz theorized that Samira Al-Shahbandar may have been the source of information that led to Saddam's capture during Operation Red Dawn. "It is possible," writes Okaz, that "for delivering the head of her husband she will receive the award of $25 million," offered by the U.S. for information leading to Saddam's arrest or killing. For the Haganah branch responsible for coordinating Jewish immigration into the British Mandate of Palestine, see Mossad Lealiyah Bet. ... Combatants United States Saddam Hussein Operation Red Dawn was a military operation conducted by the United States Armed Forces on December 13, 2003 in the small town of ad-Dawr in Iraq, near Tikrit. ...

Samira lives in Beirut.

See also

• Sajida Talfah, Saddam's wife
• Nidal al-Hamdani, allegedly Saddam's third wife
• Wafa el-Mullah al-Howeish, allegedly Saddam's fourth wife