Challenges to Yahia's claims [ ] journalist Eoin Butler and journalist Ed Caesar have questioned Yahia's various claims, including that he was Uday Hussein's body double, and pointed out that many of Yahia's activities since leaving Iraq in 1992, including his education, have not been verified | himself, when asked during an session about whether any in the Iraqi government, notably his son Uday, used body doubles, went on to deny these claims, stating, "I think my sons would not do this |
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He underwent surgery and dental work to make their appearances more similar | The doctor also said he operated on Uday many times and Uday never had a body double |
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After the two married, she heard for the first time that Yahia claimed to have been Uday's body double, which she found "dubious | Uday shot at him, grazing him |
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" Film [ ] The movie , directed by and starring as Yahia and Uday, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2011 | Folkestad, Knut; Lysvold, Susanne 29 January 2012 |
During the Iraqi , Yahia was used as a morale booster for the Iraqi troops and sent to posing as Uday to meet with troops.