Photo Proof

The U.S. military has released pictures of the bodies of Odai and Qusai Hussein in an effort to convince skeptical Iraqis of their deaths. Warning: some of the following photos are extremely graphic.

Pictured: U.S. soldiers from 101st Airborne Division watch TOW missile strike the house during the raid, July 22, 2003.

Odai Hussein attends a session of parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 24, 2000.

The body of Odai Hussein, killed in a U.S. attack on July 22, 2003.

Odai Hussein, in 2000 and in a photo released by the U.S. military on July 24, 2003.

Qusai Hussein listens to his father's speech during a congress for the regional command of the ruling Baath party in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2001.

The body of Qusai Hussein, killed in a U.S. attack on July 22, 2003.

Qusai Hussein, in 2001 and in a photo released by the U.S. military on July 24, 2003.

An X-ray analysis of Odai Hussein's leg, which was injured in an assassination attempt in December 1996. The U.S. military said X-rays, dental records and four former members of Saddam's regime confirmed that the two dead were the ousted Iraqi leader's eldest two sons.

X-rays of Odai Hussein's leg, which was injured in an assassination attempt in December 1996. The images were released in Baghdad, Iraq, July 24, 2003, to prove the identities of Saddam Hussein's sons, who were killed in a U.S. raid.

Iraqis gather at an electronics shop in Baghdad, Iraq, to watch a television broadcast showing graphic after-death images of Saddam Hussein's dead sons Odai and Qusai, July 24, 2003.

Baghdad residents watch televised images of Odai and Qusai Hussein that were released by the U.S. military, July 24, 2003.

The U.S. Air Force mortuary at Baghdad airport, where the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were displayed to the media, July 25, 2003. U.S. officials said the bodies would be stored in the refrigerated tent until a family member comes forward to claim them.

Cameramen film the bodies of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's sons Odai, right, and Qusai, as they lie in the U.S. Air Force morgue at Baghdad airport, July 25, 2003.

The reconstructed bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons Qusai, left, and Odai, as shown to reporters in Baghdad, July 25, 2003. The display of the bodies followed the release of still photographs that failed to convince many Iraqi civilians the brothers were really killed in a U.S. raid on July 22, 2003.

U.S. military morticians and forensic pathologists showed the body of Saddam Hussein's son Qusai to the media in Baghdad, July 25, 2003. His face was partly reconstructed to appear as lifelike as possible, and his beard was shaved off to leave only his trademark moustache.

The body of Saddam Hussein's son Qusai, as shown to the media in Baghdad, July 25, 2003. He had two bullet wounds to his head, in and just behind his right ear, doctors and medical officials said.

The body of Saddam Hussein's son Odai as it was shown to the media in Baghdad, July 25, 2003. His beard was trimmed to the length he had worn it in life. The U.S. military said that both men had more than 20 bullet wounds. The brothers were made to look as lifelike as possible, a standard military procedure for all bodies.

The dental records of Odai and Qusai Hussein are displayed on laptop computers by the U.S. military, July 25, 2003.

People in a Baghdad electronics shop watch the images of the bodies of Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai as they are broadcast by the Al Jazeera television network, July 25, 2003.

Mourners recite pieces of the holy Koran over the graves of Odai and Qusai Hussein and 14-year-old Mustafa Hussein, Qusai's son, Aug. 2, 2003, in Tikrit. The Red Crescent Society acted as intermediary between Saddam's family and the U.S. military in coordinating the funeral.

Click here to see a photo essay on the lives of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's sons.