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ll on the way to full recovery and spoke with relative ease with a Qatari envoy and a reporter from the official Iraqi news agency. Uday Hussein, eldest son of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein who survived an assassination attempt last week, appeared on Iraqi television on Tuesday. He told a reporter from Al-Shabab Television -- which he owns -- that he was recovering from his wounds. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Q: How do you feel? "Uday: I feel fine. I'm recovering. I feel like any leader of a team would feel if he had been betrayed. I feel that what has happened is not man's work. (meaning this was a cowardly act) God bless the Iraqi people. God save Iraq. God save Saddam." SUPER CAPTION: Uday Hussein, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Later in the day, a Qatari envoy visited him in hospital. In his first public appearance since last Thursday's attack, he seemed to be speaking with relative ease. The Iraqi opposition Shiite Moslem group claimed responsibility, along with other Iraqi opposition organisations, for the attack against Uday, a Russian news agency reported Tuesday. The communiqué from the organisation said Uday's condition was very serious, and he had been relocated to another hospital for surgery with the participation of foreign specialists. The international Arabic newspaper reported that Uday would be flown to Switzerland for medical treatment, but the foreign ministry said it had not received any visa request. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/4e927ae77e9b4444520e63e01f7ab44c