Latif Yahia

Latif Yahia (, ; born 14 June 1964 ) is an Iraqi blogger, political writer, and former captain that served in the Iran–Iraq War. He is known for being the alleged former body double of Uday Hussein, infamous elder son of Saddam Hussein.

Biography Yahia was born to a poor merchant family of Iraqi–Kurdish origins who had long been settled in Baghdad.

His relationship later deteriorated. According to Yahia, the final straw came when a woman Uday was interested in paid more attention to Yahia. Uday shot at him, grazing him. When ordered to kill the father of a beauty pageant holder, a defiant Yahia slit his arms in front of Uday and the father. Yahia fled north in November 1991, where he was arrested by Kurdish Peshmerga, being mistaken for Uday. When they realized he was not Uday, he was released and granted asylum in Austria in 1992. After Yahia was attacked in Austria, he moved to London in 1995. In 2011, Caesar interviewed various people from the time of the Hussein regime who said they had never heard of Yahia, nor of Uday ever using doubles.

Personal life Yahia currently lives in Monaco. He is married and has 5 children. He also lived in Cyprus.

Film The movie The Devil's Double, directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Dominic Cooper as Yahia and Uday, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2011.

Yahia was also the subject of an episode of National Geographic Channel's Locked Up Abroad in 2012.

Books I was Saddam's Son released on 1 May 1994 by Arcade Publishing. Hardcover: 250 pages. Co-author: Karl Wendl. The Devil's Double released on 5 June 2003 by Arrow Books Ltd. Paperback: 334 pages. The Black Hole released on 20 November 2006 by Arcanum Publishing. Paperback: 224 pages The Hangman of Abu Ghraib released on 20 November 2015 by Arcanum Publishing. Paperback: 484 pages.