# Can a real deck of 'Wanted Iraqis playing cards' be bought anywhere?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 14, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-real-deck-of-wanted-iraqis-playing-cards-be-bought-anywhere/168761 "2003-04-14T23:59:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![OneChance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/74df32/32.png) [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-real-deck-of-wanted-iraqis-playing-cards-be-bought-anywhere/168761/21 "2003-04-21T06:52:25Z")

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According to a news story I saw recently, the official cards are made by the [Liberty Playing Card Company](http://www.libertyplayingcard.com/), sold [here](http://www.card-press.com/).

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-real-deck-of-wanted-iraqis-playing-cards-be-bought-anywhere/168761/22 "2003-04-22T01:42:33Z")

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I heard on the news today the official cards can be found at [centcomcards.com](http://centcomcards.com)

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**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-real-deck-of-wanted-iraqis-playing-cards-be-bought-anywhere/168761/23 "2003-04-22T02:56:01Z")

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> Originally posted by mobo85  
> I heard on the news today the official cards can be found at [centcomcards.com](http://centcomcards.com)

Notice what they say here:

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> These are not **cheap** reproductions. These are the same **quality** cards issued by CENTCOM to the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait used to identify wanted Iraqi officals.

When I read between the lines, I see a company that is producing high quality reproductions of the cards produced by CENTCOM.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-real-deck-of-wanted-iraqis-playing-cards-be-bought-anywhere/168761/24 "2003-04-22T15:04:55Z")

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The PDF I gave should print out at about 18x20. Maybe Kinkos could do it if you want a deck?

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