U.S. List Of Most-wanted Iraqis
In April 2003, the United States drew up a list of most-wanted Iraqis, consisting of the 55 members of the deposed Ba'athist Iraqi regime whom they most wanted to capture. The list was turned into a set of playing cards for distribution to United States-led Coalition troops. Later, in 2003, the list was renumbered so that it mostly conformed to the order of the playing cards (see most-wanted Iraqi playing cards). List * * Total 55 * Dead: 32 * Imprisoned: 6 * Released: 13 * At large: 4 See also * 2003 invasion of Iraq * 2003 Iraq war timeline * Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards * Torture and murder in Iraq *USA kill or capture strategy in Iraq References External links *Personality Identification Playing Cards - a U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly relate ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hani Abd Latif Tilfah
Hani ibn Abd Latif ibn Talfah (born 1962) ( ar, هاني عبد اللطيف طلفاح التكريتي ) is an Iraqi security official during the rule of Saddam Hussein. He was born in 1962 in Tikrit. Tilfah was the last director of the SSO of Iraq from 2002 to 2003. He assisted Qusay Hussein and is a relative of Saddam Hussein. Career He was the King of Hearts in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued by the US government during the war in Iraq. Hani was captured on June 21, 2004. On 6 June 2011, the Supreme Criminal Court of Iraq acquitted Hani in the case of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq The 1991 Iraqi uprisings were ethnic and religious uprisings in Iraq led by Shi'ites and Kurds against Saddam Hussein. The uprisings lasted from March to April 1991 after a ceasefire following the end of the Gulf War. The mostly uncoord ... because of insufficient evidence presented against him. References HANI ABD-AL-LATIF TILFAH AL-TIKRITI , United Nations Securit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hamid Raja Shalah
Hamid Raja Shalah ( ar, حامد رجا شلاح), also known as Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassan al-Tikriti or Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassum al-Tikriti (born 1950 in Baiji, Salah al-Din Governorate, Iraq) was a commander of the Iraqi Air Force under Saddam Hussein. During Shalah's air force career, he served as a pilot. In the 1980s, during the Iran–Iraq War, Shalah commanded several air bases, including the Kirkuk air base. He rose to three-star rank and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Air Force in the mid-1990s. He was reported by the United States Central Command to be in coalition custody on June 14, 2003. Prior to his capture, Shalah was number 17 (ten of spades) on the Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ra .... He was held as a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tahir Jalil Habbush
Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti ( ar, طاهر جليل حبوش التكريتي; born 1950) is a former Iraqi intelligence official who served under the regime of Saddam Hussein; in 2001, he was Iraq's head of intelligence and as such, informed MI6 in January 2003 (shortly before the start of the Iraq War) that Iraq had no WMD. He was the Jack of Diamonds in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and is still a fugitive with up to $1 million reward for information leading to his capture. It is believed that al-Tikriti at some point operated from Syria and most likely played a direct role in the day-to-day operations of the insurgency against U.S.-led Coalition forces under the command of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. Forged 2003 Habbush letter According to the London Sunday ''Telegraph'', Mohamed Atta is mentioned in a letter allegedly discovered in Iraq handwritten by Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Takriti, former chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. Habbush's July 1, 2001, memo is lab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah
Rafi ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Talfah ( ar, رافع عبد اللطيف طلفاح التكريتي; born in 1954 in Tikrit) was the last head of the Iraqi Directorate of General Security secret police force at the end of President Saddam Hussein's reign. A maternal cousin of Saddam, Rafi went into hiding during the Iraq War, when a United States-led Coalition invaded the country and overthrew Hussein's government. A key aide to general al-Douri, Rafi al-Tikriti provided information and actionable intelligence on antiregime individuals and opposition groups in each governorate of Iraq, particularly Kurdish, Iranian, and Turkmen. Career Rafi was the jack of hearts in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards developed by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency during the war in Iraq This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states. Other armed conflicts involving Iraq * Wars during Mandatory Iraq ** Ikhwan raid on South Iraq 1921 * Smaller conflicts, re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saif Al-Din Al-Rawi
Saif Al-Din Al-Rawi ( ar, سيف الدين الراوي; born 1949) was commander of the Republican Guard under the rule of Saddam Hussein. He is the ''Jack of Clubs'' in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ra .... Saif Al-Din is still at large. References 1949 births Living people Military leaders of the Iraq War Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards {{iraq-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ibrahim Ahmad Abd Al-Sattar
Ibrahim Ahmad Abd Al-Sattar Muhammad Al-Tikriti (9 September 1950 – 28 October 2010) was the chief of staff of the Iraqi armed forces under the rule of Saddam Hussein from 1999 until 2003. He was taken into custody on 15 May 2003. He was the ''jack of spades'' in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and was reported by CENTCOM The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM or CENTCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was established in 1983, taking over the previous responsibilities of the Rapid Deployment Joint Tas ... to be in custody in May 2003. On 2 March 2009, Abdul Sattar was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the violent repression of a Shiite uprising in 1991. He died from cancer on 28 October 2010 while being held in US and Iraqi custody. References 1956 births 2010 deaths Military leaders of the Iraq War Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Iraqi prisoners senten ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Muzahim Saab Hassan
Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan al-Tikriti ( ar, مزاحم صعب حسن التكريتي) was the Air Defense Forces Commander of Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein from 1999 until 2003. He was the ''Queen of Diamonds'' in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and was taken into custody on 23 April 2003. The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal issued a warrant against Hassan for crimes committed during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq The 1991 Iraqi uprisings were ethnic and religious uprisings in Iraq led by Shi'ites and Kurds against Saddam Hussein. The uprisings lasted from March to April 1991 after a ceasefire following the end of the Gulf War. The mostly uncoord .... Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan was released from custody in April 2012. References Living people Military leaders of the Iraq War Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Prisoners and detainees of the United States military 1949 births Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards Iraq War prisoners of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman
Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman Majid al-Tikrit ( ar, برزان عبد الغفور سليمان مجيد التكريتي) (born 1 July 1960 in Saladin Governorate) is an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard Commander under Saddam Hussein and member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He was the Queen of Hearts in the Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued to U.S. military troops to help identify most wanted members of Saddam's government during the Second Iraq War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Iraq War {{Nobold, {{lang, ar, حرب العراق (Arabic) {{Nobold, {{lang, ku, شەڕی عێراق (Kurdish languages, Kurdish) , partof = the Iraq conflict (2003–present), I .... He was captured on July 23, 2003. Barzan was released from prison on 29 June 2020. References {{U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis 1960 births Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians People from Tikrit Living people Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards Iraq War ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Republican Guard (Iraq)
The Iraqi Republican Guard ( ar, حرس العراق الجمهوري ''Ḥaras al-ʿIrāq al-Jamhūrīy'') was a branch of the Military history of Iraq#Saddam Hussein (1979–2003), Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003, which existed primarily during the President of Iraq, presidency of Saddam Hussein. It later became known as the ''Republican Guard Corps,'' and then the ''Republican Guard Forces Command'' (''RGFC'') with its expansion into two corps. The Republican Guard was disbanded in 2003 after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, invasion of Iraq by a Multi-National Force – Iraq, U.S.-led international coalition. The Republican Guard were the military elite, elite troops of the Iraqi army directly reporting to Saddam Hussein, unlike the paramilitary force Fedayeen Saddam, and the ordinary Iraqi Army. They were better trained, disciplined, equipped, and paid more than ordinary Iraqi soldiers, receiving bonuses, new cars, and subsidized housing. Formation Formed in 1969, it was ori ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kamal Mustafa Abdullah
Kamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan al-Tikriti (born 1955) was the Secretary General of the Republican Guard under the rule of Saddam Hussein. He was taken into custody on 17 May 2003. He was the ''Queen of Clubs'' in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ran .... On 6 June 2011, Abdullah was sentenced to death for his role in the violent repression of a Shiite uprising in 1991. References 1955 births Living people Military leaders of the Iraq War Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Iraqi prisoners sentenced to death {{Iraq-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Prime Minister Of Iraq
The prime minister of Iraq is the head of government of Iraq. On 27 October 2022, Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani became the incumbent prime minister. History The prime minister was originally an appointed office, subsidiary to the head of state, and the nominal leader of the Iraqi parliament. Under the 2005 constitution the prime minister is the country's active executive authority. Nouri al-Maliki (formerly Jawad al-Maliki) was selected to be prime minister on 21 April 2006. On 14 August 2014, al-Maliki agreed to step down as prime minister of Iraq to allow Haider al-Abadi to take his place. On 25 October 2018, Adil Abdul-Mahdi was sworn into office five months after the 2018 elections until his resignation in 2019. He was once again appointed, this time as a caretaker prime minister due to political dispute. Abdul-Mahdi was replaced by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, who was approved by the parliament on 7 May 2020. Al-Kadhimi was replaced by Al-Sudani after the 2021 Iraqi parliamenta ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |