Jazeera TV Says Top Iraqi Baath Party Member Caught(Number 41 on the most wanted list)

ABC/Reuters/Al Jazeera ^ | Feb 15,2004 | NA

[Dog]

Jazeera TV Says Top Iraqi Baath Party Member Caught

Feb. 15 — DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Sunday a senior Baath Party member on the U.S. list of most wanted Iraqis had been captured. The report from Iraq identified him as Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun, who was Baath Party chairman and commander of the Baath Party militia in Baghdad and was number 41 on a list of 55 most wanted Iraqis. It gave no further details.

His capture, if confirmed, would bring to 44 the number caught by U.S. forces since the United States authorities issued their "most wanted" deck of cards portraying the faces of those it wished to capture.

Saddam's former lieutenant, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, is the highest-ranking official on the list who remains at large, coming in at No. 6.

[Grampa Dave]

"In Qaim, near the Syrian border about 200 miles northwest of Baghdad, U.S. troops backed by tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles clashed Sunday with Iraqi gunmen. There were no reports of casualties. Residents said gunmen attacked the Americans in retaliation for a U.S. operation against suspected smugglers the day before."

Yeah, sure there were no casualties. Translated, no American Casualties and a whole lot of dead Islamdumbos.

Thanks for posting this interest tidbit.

[Cap Huff]

It is indeed a positive sign that the Iraqi security forces got him. It's too bad that this is lost in the wake of the news from yesterday's battle in Fallujah. I am encouraged, but I'm afraid that the average person looking at the news just sees the negative headlines (very often the negatively spun headlines of good news).

In some ways the most important battle is in the info war, and the good guys are taking a lot of hits right now (this is not in any way intended to minimize the dangers and sacrifices of those who are at "the front" in the war --- it is just that their accomplishments and sacrifices are being undermined by the press and those who seek to profit from the negative.)

[Grampa Dave]

There are probably a lot more happenings like this on a smaller neighborhood level that we never hear about.

[Cap Huff]

You've got that right Grampa! I do hope that the troops returning from Iraq now in the rotation get a chance to tell us their side of what it is really like over there.

I think the same is true in the Afghan/Pakistan border area as well. Once in a while a tid bit of information floats to the surface, but you have to be watching for it, and observant. I bet most people know more about how many wisdom teeth GWB had pulled by some dentist in Alabama thirty years ago than they know about how many nuclear weapons have just in the last week or so been secured in Pakistan.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Damn good question!

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Al Jazeera's more accurate than AP, lol.

Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun is #41, not #47.

[Carry_Okie]

And now there are ten.

Time for a final countdown... -)

[Cap Huff]

Yes, good question. And that prompted me to go to the other AP story and I saw this:

"There were conflicting reports who may have been behind the Fallujah attacks.

Police claimed foreigners -- Arabs or Iranians -- were involved and that two of four attackers killed in the battle had Lebanese identification papers. Rumors spread in the city that an Iraqi Shiite Muslim militia with links to Iran, the Badr Brigade, was to blame."

Note that there rumors spread that it was the work of Shiites. I think this may well point to al-Qaeda (Zarqawi's subsidiary). That 17 page letter from al-Zarqawi spells out how they wanted to spark a sectarian civil war. They pulled off the raid (brilliantly one must say) and then spread rumors that it was done by the Shiites.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

If you watch the AP posts, you will see them making multiple revisions during the course of a day for fairly significant events. I don't know if that is the editors doing that without the knowledge of the reporter or just how it is done. But it could be someone in the military ranks that ask them to pull some detail or other .

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Here is a snapshot of what the Las Vega Sun has at the moment from the AP under Middle East category:

Middle East

• Iraqis Seize No. 41 on U.S. Wanted List 15 Feb. 07:59:09
  
• U.S. May Be Flexible on Transfer in Iraq 15 Feb. 07:39:06
  
• Neighbors Vow to Not Meddle in Iraq 15 Feb. 07:29:33
  
• Attacks on Reporters Protested in Gaza 15 Feb. 06:17:59
  
• Bremer: Foreign Fighters in Iraq Attack 15 Feb. 05:47:37
  
• Iraqis Seize 41st on U.S. Wanted List 15 Feb. 05:23:14
  
• Iraqis Seize 47th on U.S. Wanted List 15 Feb. 05:14:36
  
• Iran Offers to Sell Its Nuclear Fuel 15 Feb. 04:51:03
  
• Gunmen Attack 2 U.S. Convoys in Baghdad 15 Feb. 04:11:01
  
• Leader Expects Iraq Council to Take Power 15 Feb. 02:09:16
  

[Future Useless Eater]

Dirty Dozen (minus TWO)!

Recent additions:
        02/15/04 - Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun
        Baath Party regional chairman in the northern provinces
        of Nineveh and Tamim, which include the city of Kirkuk.
        Captured

        02/09/04 - Muhsin Kadr al-Khafaji
        Baath Party Chairman and Commander
        Captured

Iraq's 55 10 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 02/15am)
	Name	Position	Status
	Saddam Hussein	President of Iraq/CINC of Military	CAPTURED! 12/14/03
	Qusay Hussein	SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander	KILLED 7/22/03
	Uday Hussein	Saddam Fedayeen Commander [the older "crazy rapist" son]	KILLED 7/22/03
	Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti	Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)	Captured 6/18/03
	Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]	Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr	Captured 8/21/03
	Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri	Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr	Captured At Large $10 Million Reward
	Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al-Tikriti	SSO Director	At large** $1 Million Reward
	Aziz Salih al-Numan	BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia Reg Cmd	Captured 5/22/03 [Earlier reports of his death were bogus]
	Muhammad Hamza al-ZUBAYDI [aka Saddam's "Shiite Thug"]	Central Euphrates Reg Cmdr "One of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals" -Clinton Admin	Captured 4/21/03
	Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	RG Secretary General	In Custody 5/17/03
	Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti	SRG Commander	Captured 7/23/03
	Muzahim Sa'b Hasan al-Tikriti	Air Defense Force Commander	Captured 4/23/03
	Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti	Armed Forces Chief of Staff	Captured 5/12/03
	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi	RGFC Chief	At large(?)** [or maybe dead? see note2] $1 Million Reward
	Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah	DGS Director	At large $1 Million Reward
	Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti	IIS Director	At large** $1 Million Reward
	Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti	Air Force Commander	Captured 6/14/03
	Latif Nussayif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi	Dep Chmn Baath Party	Captured 6/10/03
	Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh	OMI Director (WMD Production)	Captured 5/02/03
	Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi	Vice President	Captured 8/19/03
	Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar al-Majid Sulayman al-Tikriti	Chief of Tribal Affairs	At large $1 Million Reward
	Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti	Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs [Saddam's son-in-law]	In Custody 4/20/03
	Mizban Khadr Hadi	RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region U.S. Army's V Corps headquarters said Mizban Khadr Hadi, ... was captured Thursday [5/01/03] in the area of Baghdad controlled by the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division.	Captured 5/01/03 In Custody 7/09/03
	Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF	Vice President and RCC Member	Captured 5/02/03
	Tariq Mikhail AZIZ	Deputy Prime Minister	In Custody 4/24/03
	Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti	Governor of Basrah Governate	In Custody 4/29/03
	Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi	Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.	Captured 4/19/03
	Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai	Minister of Defense	In Custody 9/19/03
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior, He was previously reported CAPTURED on July 9th by Centcom	Captured 7/09/03 In Custody 8/09/03
	Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi	Al Quds Force Chief of Staff	Captured 6/05/03
	Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib	DMI Director	Captured 4/23/03
	Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi	Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen [chemical and biological programs]	In Custody 4/12/03
	Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi	Former Oil Minister [aka "Missle Man" married to "Dr. Germ"]	In Custody 4/28/03
	Husam Muhammad AMIN al-Yasin	National Monitoring Director	Captured 4/27/03
	Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih	Minister of Trade	Captured 4/23/03
	Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother	At large ** $1 Million Reward
	Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/13/03
	Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother	Captured 4/16/03
	Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash	Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman	In Custody 5/05/03
	Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Baghdad	At large $1 Million Reward
	Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov	Captured 2/15/04 $1 Million Reward
	Samir abd al-Aziz al-Najim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Diyal Gov.	Captured 4/17/03
	Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur	Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research	Captured 4/20/03
	Yahya Abdallah al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Basrah Gov.	At large $1 Million Reward
	Sa'd Abd al-Majid al-Faysal	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Salah ad Din Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov.	Captured 5/27/03
	Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov.	Captured 5/13/03
	Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Qadasiyah Gov.	Captured 2/09/04 $1 Million Reward
	Rashid Taan Kazim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Anbar Governate	At large $1 Million Reward
	Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Maysan Governate	In Custody 5/20/03
	Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov.	In Custody 5/07/03
	Adil Abdallah Mahdi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate	Captured 5/15/03
	Nayif Shindakh Thamir	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate Long ago, an Iraqi TV report said he was KILLED in the battle for Najaf. - - - Apparently, Centcom now believes he is dead. NO Jan'04 reward was issued. (Centcom status page still lists him as no status)	[Believed DEAD] As of 1-14-2004, Central Command began quoting Iraqi TV that he was killed.
	Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad { He was first reported captured on August 8th: per FoxNews: "Senior defense officials said Monday morning that No. 54 of the 55 most-wanted Iraqis has been taken into custody -- Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad, a Baath Party chairman and commander of the Baath militia in the Karbala Governate. Muhammad was captured in raids over the weekend, along with another on the wider list of 200."}	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate { CENTCOM never updated him on their website, then in January offered a $1Million reward, and then reported he was captured 1/11/2004.}	Captured 8/04/03 Captured 1/11/04 {this time for SURE!}
	Husayn Al Awadi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate	Captured 6/10/03
- - - Freeper Additions - - -
	Farouk Hijazi	#3 in Mukhabarat Iraqi intelligence ["biggest fish so far" -CIA]	Captured 4/25/03
	["unnamed associate of"] Abu Musab Zarqawi	a leading Al Qaeda operative	Captured 4/29/03
	Abu Abbas	Convicted Terrorist/Murderer - Leader Palestine Liberation Front	Captured 4/15/03
	Ahmed Walid Raguib al-Baz	Terrorist - 1st Lieutenant Palestine Liberation Front	Killed 3/20/03
	Khala Khadr Al-Salahat	Member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization	In Custody 4/18/03
	Ayman Al-Zawahiri born: Egypt	*indicted along with Bin Laden by a grand jury in New York in 1999 for embassy bombings, *named as a prime suspect in the 9/11 mass murders *considered to have masterminded several terrorist operations in Egypt. *Al-Zawahiri was sentenced to death in absentia by an Egyptian military court. *Al-Zawahiri is believed to now serve as a spiritual advisor and doctor to Usama Bin Laden	At large $25 Million Reward.
	Saif Al-Adel born: Egypt	*thought to be affiliated with the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, and a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda. *Al-Adel is wanted in connection with numerous 1998 bombings of US Embassies.	At large $25 Million Reward.
	Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi born: Jordan	*was named as the link between Iraq and Al Qaeda. *believed to be a close associate of Usama Bin Laden and Saif Al-Adel. *A poisons expert; ran a poison and explosives training camp	At large $5 Million Reward.
	Hassan Ghul born: Pakistan	a facilitator known in terrorist circles as "the Gatekeeper" who moved money and people around the Middle East, Africa and possibly beyond. Officials said that Ghul has extensive contacts in Al Qaeda and wider terrorist communities	Captured 1/23/04
	Husam Al-Yememi	a top deputy of Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi who is believed to link Iraq directly to Al Qaeda.	Captured 1/22/04
	Abdul Rahman Yasin born: Bloomington,IN (US citizen)	Indicted fugitive from 1993 WTC bombing. Has a long history with Iraq	At large $5 Million Reward.
	Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani	former Iraq Consul, met with Mohammed Atta in Prague shortly before 9/11	Captured 7/02/03
	Ahmad Hikmat Shakir	an Iraqi national and al-Qaeda operative, with connections to the 1993 WTC bombing, a Jan 2000 al Qaeda summit in Malaysia, the Oct 2000 USS Cole bombing, and the 9/11 mass murder. (Newsweek) Shakir fled back to Baghdad just before the war.	At large three months after he was detained in 2002, Shakir was "inexplicably" released by Jordanian authorities - and he promptly vanished
	Ali Hussein Habib	Iraqi airforce general	Killed by the regime ~3/20/03
	Khaled Abdallah	a senior official of Saddam's Mukhabarat secret police	In Custody 4/20/03
	Major Khalid Hmood	Head of Iraqi intelligence during the war and one of Saddam's top bodyguards,	In Custody 4/20/03
	Salim Sa'id Khalaf al-Jumayli	former Chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service American Desk	Captured 4/23/03
	"Son of Ham" [apple falls close to the tree]	Son of Hamza (Q-of-Spades - one of Saddam's most ruthless war criminals)	Captured 4/21/03
	Luay Khayrallaha [Saddam's brother-in-law]	#152 on the top 200 most-wanted list. Iraqi intelligence and security leader	Captured 5/19/03
	Mulhana Hamood Abdul Jabar [Saddam's brother-in-law]	caught with $300,000, three AK-47 rifles, and a rocket-propelled grenade	Captured 5/25/03
	Jaffar al-Jaffer	physicist & father of Iraq's nuclear WMD program	In Custody 4/13/03
	Imad Husayn Abdallah al-Ani	former VX nerve agent developer	In Custody 4/18/03
	Rihab Taha [aka "Dr. Germ"]	architect of Iraq's bio WMD program	In Custody 5/12/03
	Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"] [aka: "Baghdad Bob"]	Minister of Information [wanted for DNC spokesperson]	Captured 6/25/03 [reportedly questioned by U.S. forces and released] On Administrative Leave
	**  Nine fugitives supposedly hiding in Syria? This seems to have been a smokescreen as FOUR have since been caught in or near Baghdad.           Note2: Also, Al-Rawi (J-of-clubs) was reported by an Islamic newspaper as murdered by Saddam                 and Qusay on 4/08/03... one day AFTER the bombing of Saddam at the restaurant.                 [IMO, this is MUCH more believable now that we KNOW both Saddam and Qusay survived that restaurant blast] If someone else updates this list, please bump the revision at the top and ping FL_Engineer You can click here to see if there is a pointer to a newer revision.

   

[Cap Huff]

I think you have a good point about some information possibly being pulled for operational security reasons. Something may be given out on background, and a reporter gets carried away or confused and reports it. The cat's out of the bag in some ways, but the they try to limit the consequences by having it pulled.

What I find irksome is when the good info that does not get pulled is buried deep in an otherwise negative report.

[Future Useless Eater]

8-high Straight FLUSH

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Dirty Dozen(-2) UPDATED here -
Iraq's 55 10 Most Wanted Scoreboard

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[bert]

This is interesting because the iraqui's are not bound by the same rules as our guys.

I would hate to be him. Saddam probably has it better, especially since the jail break last week.

[sistergoldenhair]

Excellent news.
Thanks for the ping.

[Carry_Okie]

Thanks for the ping. Love that chart.

Time to start a countdown.

[McGavin999]

YAHOOO! Captured by the IP, they really needed this boost after the attack yesterday.

[blackie]

Hummmmmmm ~ Bump!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[blackie]

We're smokin' 'em out and roundin' 'em up ~ good job troops!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

"In Qaim, near the Syrian border about 200 miles northwest of Baghdad, U.S. troops backed by tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles clashed Sunday with Iraqi gunmen. There were no reports of casualties. Residents said gunmen attacked the Americans in retaliation for a U.S. operation against suspected smugglers the day before."

Foxnews just had a short video clip on this!
Heard firing and showed Bradleys rolling down the streets!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Krauthammer on with Brian Wilson on topic "Why has Al-Queda not attacked again here".

Short answer: Cause we went over there and hit them hard and we are winning!!!

Good clip hope they show a replay!