Return To Iraq and Death
Kamel and his wife, along with his brother and sister-in-law, returned to Iraq in the summer of 1996. Both of the Hussein daughters quickly divorced the men, for 'treason'. The Kamel brothers were killed less than 24 hours following the divorce decrees, in a gun battle with other cousins attempting to gain back "their 'clan honor' in the eyes of ".
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