# Is there a website tracking the Iraqi playing cards?

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**Created:** [April 18, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-tracking-the-iraqi-playing-cards/169531 "2003-04-18T12:41:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-tracking-the-iraqi-playing-cards/169531/1 "2003-04-18T12:41:51Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![brianmelendez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-tracking-the-iraqi-playing-cards/169531/2 "2003-04-25T03:31:10Z")

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The Personality Identification Playing Cards are posted on [DefenseLINK](http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/pipc10042003.html), but without any indication of status. But today the [Associated Press](http://www.startribune.com/stories/1762/3845801.html) reported:

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> **12 of 55 ‘most wanted’ are in custody**  
> Associated Press
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> Published April 25, 2003
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> 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.
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> Arrests by coalition forces:
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> - No. 10 Muzahim Sa’b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq’s air defenses under Saddam. Queen of diamonds.
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> - 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.
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> - No. 21 Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib, former head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence. Seven of hearts.
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> - No. 24 Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim, senior figure in Saddam’s Baath Party. Four of clubs.
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> - No. 40 Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti, Saddam’s son-in-law and deputy head of the Tribal Affairs Office. Nine of clubs.
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> - No. 43 Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister.
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> - No. 45 Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, finance minister and deputy prime minister. Eight of diamonds.
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> - No. 48 Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih, former trade minister. Six of hearts.
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> - No. 51 Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, Saddam’s half brother. Five of spades.
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> - No. 52 Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti, another half brother of Saddam. Five of clubs.
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> - No. 54 Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Gafar, Iraq’s minister of higher education and scientific research. Four of hearts.
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> - No. 55 Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi, who officials say led Iraq’s unconventional weapons programs. Seven of diamonds.
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> On the Net:
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> Defense Department’s deck of cards: [http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/pipc10042003.html](http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Apr2003/pipc10042003.html)

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**Author:** ![aahala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@aahala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aahala)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-tracking-the-iraqi-playing-cards/169531/3 "2003-04-25T04:04:22Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-website-tracking-the-iraqi-playing-cards/169531/4 "2003-04-25T04:10:30Z")

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I wonder just what Tariq Aziz will be charged with, if at all.