A search didn’t yield any results matching this thread so hopefully I am not duplicating things.
Is there a website that shows all 55 cards of most wanted Iraqis that is updated as one is captured, confirmed dead, escaped, etc?
I am sort of picturing a lineup of the 55 cards with either a blurb underneath them or something like a red slash through it when someone is accounted for.
The Personality Identification Playing Cards are posted on DefenseLINK , but without any indication of status. But today the Associated Press reported:
12 of 55 ‘most wanted’ are in custody
Published April 25, 2003
Twelve of the 55 wanted members of Saddam’s inner circle are in custody. A 13th figure, Ali "Chemical Ali’’ Hassan al-Majid is believed to have been killed in an airstrike. The Pentagon says two others on the list were believed killed but has not named them.
Arrests by coalition forces:
No. 10 Muzahim Sa’b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq’s air defenses under Saddam. Queen of diamonds.
No. 18 Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi, former member of Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council and central Euphrates regional commander. Played key role in brutal suppression of Shiite Muslim uprising of 1991. Queen of spades.
No. 21 Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, former head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence. Seven of hearts.
No. 24 Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim, senior figure in Saddam’s Baath Party. Four of clubs.
No. 40 Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti, Saddam’s son-in-law and deputy head of the Tribal Affairs Office. Nine of clubs.
No. 43 Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister.
No. 45 Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, finance minister and deputy prime minister. Eight of diamonds.
No. 48 Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih, former trade minister. Six of hearts.
No. 51 Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, Saddam’s half brother. Five of spades.
No. 52 Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, another half brother of Saddam. Five of clubs.
No. 54 Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Gafar, Iraq’s minister of higher education and scientific research. Four of hearts.
No. 55 Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, who officials say led Iraq’s unconventional weapons programs. Seven of diamonds.
On the Net:
Defense Department’s deck of cards: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/pipc10042003.html
aahala
April 25, 2003, 4:04am
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I was wondering how they got 55 most wanted. Three of the cards have Iraqi titles and such rather than individuals.
I wonder just what Tariq Aziz will be charged with, if at all.