Tariq Aziz Stops Calling Son Saddam

[Freddie Stubbs]

CAIRO, Egypt - Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has started calling his youngest son — named Saddam after Iraq (news - web sites)'s ousted leader — by the name Zuhair instead, according to letters obtained by the London-based Arabic daily Asharq Al-Awsat.

"My regards to everybody, how is your mother? And your youngest brother Zuhair?" Aziz said in a July letter to his two daughters, Zeinab and Maysaa. He also referred to the son as Zuhair in an October letter, the paper said in its Wednesday editions, which reproduced several of Aziz's letters.

The widely read Arabic daily said it got the letters from Aziz's older son, Zayad, 37. Zayad told the paper his brother is a student at the University of Jordan. While the paper's headline was that Aziz "changed" his son's name, Zayad still referred to his brother as Saddam.

Tariq Aziz, who once served as the public face of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime, was one of the former officials called in to identify the ousted Iraqi president after his arrest on Saturday, U.S. officials said.

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[Supormom]

1. Let me guess

Tariq Aziz, who once served as the public face of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime, was one of the former officials called in to identify the ousted Iraqi president after his arrest on Saturday, U.S. officials said.

Was Donald Rumsfeld another?