However, in 1988 a gruesome incident involving Uday, then 24, took place in the most public of venues: at a party for Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the Egyptian president, designed to be part of diplomatic moves by Iraq to thank Arab governments for their support in its costly war with Iran.

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El Deeb added that Mubarak's wife, Suzanne, was at his side.

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