# Where can I get a pack of Iraq's most-wanted list? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251 "2003-04-12T13:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/1 "2003-04-12T13:58:53Z")
You know the pack: 55 cards with all the henchmen (I’m assuming there are no women.) Where the hell can I get one of these? (Probably in hell.) And don’t say “sign up for the U.S. military.”😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/2 "2003-04-12T14:42:37Z")
From the [St. Petersburg Times](http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/12/Worldandnation/Troops_dealt_an_old_t.shtml): > [@](#): > > The cards were made up by wags at the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is on the hunt for the depicted characters. > The Pentagon has not copyrighted the cards, which means that anyone could produce them, a defense official said. So you’ll probably have to wait for them to show up on ebay, and then _beware of imitations_. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/3 "2003-04-12T14:49:20Z")
You can make up your own deck as soon as they release the full list of names, which should be any time now. From yesterday. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/11/sprj.irq.wanted.cards/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/11/sprj.irq.wanted.cards/index.html) > [@](#): > > Brooks said Friday the full list of 52 names will not be released to the public for about 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/4 "2003-04-12T15:04:03Z")
🙂 -It’s just too rare. PDF’s here: > **[U.S. Department of Defense](https://www.defense.gov/)** > > The Department of Defense is America's largest government agency. With our military tracing its roots back to pre-Revolutionary times, the department has grown and evolved with our nation. The small size file is missing. The large card shot _is_ available. ---
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/5 "2003-04-12T15:11:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squink \* > \*\*From the [St. Petersburg Times](http://www.sptimes.com/2003/04/12/Worldandnation/Troops_dealt_an_old_t.shtml): So you’ll probably have to wait for them to show up on ebay, and then _beware of imitations_. \*\* Umm . . . the point is, _I_ want to be the first one to make them show up on eBay . . .😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/6 "2003-04-12T15:20:58Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/7 "2003-04-12T15:35:36Z")
Okay, first person to find a printing place that can produce these cards before April 16 gets 10% of the take =+) ---
**Author:** ![tonbo0422](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tonbo0422](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonbo0422)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/8 "2003-04-12T15:37:18Z")
Squink, You’re a saint. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/9 "2003-04-12T17:16:49Z")
At least one of them, the Five of Hearts, is a woman; the same one who was with him in one of Saddam’s last tlevised appearances. I think she’s in charge of his chemical program. I work for a printing company. Wonder if they’ll cut me a break on price? Heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/10 "2003-04-12T18:40:38Z")
The Iraqi science advisor [turned himself in already](http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/12/sprj.irq.saadi/index.html). So if anyone trys to sell you any of the cards, they’re not playing with a full deck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/11 "2003-04-12T21:53:18Z")
They didn’t put Mohammed Said Al-Sahhaf on the deck. Seems to me they should have at least put him on the joker. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/12 "2003-04-13T00:30:02Z")
Dang **yabob** , you beat me to it. And I have to say, as a long-time hearts player, that I’m really disappointed in their choice for the queen of spades. Muhammad Hamza Zubaydi? Who? ---
**Author:** ![dee52269](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@dee52269](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dee52269)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/13 "2003-04-13T02:08:30Z")
Maybe this will start a whole new fad. Remember Pokemon? I’d like a deck of the Evil Saddam Regime Trading Cards too. Do you think they will expand the deck when they set up the new regime? Then they could have the Evil cards and the Neo Good Guys deck. Maybe they could even come up with a set for US kids with government officials starting with the President and working their way down to their state reps so they’ll know the members of their own government. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/14 "2003-04-13T06:00:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tonbo0422 \* > \*\*Umm . . . the point is, _I_ want to be the first one to make them show up on eBay . . .😃 \*\* [Iraq’s 55 Most Wanted Card Deck](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2170021109&category=36074) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/15 "2003-04-13T06:08:25Z")
Maybe the Pentagon could make up some extra cards for Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders, so we could get a pinochle game going. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/16 "2003-04-13T14:58:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dee52269 \* > \*\*Maybe they could even come up with a set for US kids with government officials starting with the President and working their way down to their state reps so they’ll know the members of their own government. 😃 \*\* Topps did a series of trading cards with the good guys, bad guys, and weapons of the War on Terror, and I believe the first Gulf War as well. Of course, they weren’t as in-depth as your suggestion, but yours sounds like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/17 "2003-04-13T15:30:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dee52269 \* > \*\*Maybe this will start a whole new fad. Remember Pokemon? I’d like a deck of the Evil Saddam Regime Trading Cards too. Do you think they will expand the deck when they set up the new regime? Then they could have the Evil cards and the Neo Good Guys deck. Maybe they could even come up with a set for US kids with government officials starting with the President and working their way down to their state reps so they’ll know the members of their own government. 😃 \*\* I’ll trade you my two Iraqi Information Ministers, a Chemical Ali, and a Tom Ridge for a Saddam. Deal? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/18 "2003-04-13T15:35:32Z")
Maye the Franklin Mint can turn them into a chess set, so I can pit them against the Klingons or the Confederacy! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/19 "2003-04-13T15:36:40Z")
> [@](#): > > I believe the first Gulf War as well Yeah, anyone can pick up the 2003 series. The real money’s in getting Saddam’s rookie card. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251/20 "2003-04-13T15:40:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krokodil \* > \*\*Maye the Franklin Mint can turn them into a chess set, so I can pit them against the Klingons or the Confederacy! \*\* Problem is, you only have room for 8 of 55 for the black pieces, and Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell, Franks, and a couple other people from the administration for the white side. And what are you going to do about pawns? I suppose you could have the Iraqi Information Minister and Ari Fleischer as the pawns, which would give you some room for the power pieces. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-a-pack-of-iraqs-most-wanted-list/168251.md?page=2)