Former Iraqi Spy Chief Hijazi in U.S. Custody (another big fish caught)

Reuters ^

[Sub-Driver]

Former Iraqi Spy Chief Hijazi in U.S. Custody Fri April 25, 2003 08:17 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Iraqi spy chief Farouk Hijazi, accused of plotting to assassinate former President George Bush in the 1990s, was detained near Iraq's border with Syria, said a U.S. official on Friday. "He (Hijazi) is in custody and was picked up in Iraq near the Syrian border yesterday (Thursday) Iraqi time. I have no more details about the circumstances (of his arrest)," the U.S. official, who requested anonymity, told Reuters.

Last week, Washington said it believed Hijazi was in Syria amid mounting accusations that Damascus was harboring members of Saddam Hussein's government who had fled America's invasion of Iraq.

Earlier this week, in a sign that tensions were easing between the U.S. and Syria, President Bush said Syria had taken some measures to seal its border. It was unclear whether Hijazi was captured with some Syrian help.

Hijazi was director of external operations for the Iraqi intelligence agency in the mid-1990s, when the agency allegedly launched a failed attempt to assassinate the first President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait.

Hijazi subsequently served as Iraq's ambassador to Tunisia and Turkey.

Hijazi is among several high-level Iraqis taken into U.S. custody over recent days. Also on Thursday, Tareq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister and one of the best-known figures in Saddam Hussein's old guard, surrendered to U.S. forces.

U.S. Central Command in Qatar and officials in Washington said that Aziz gave himself up to U.S. troops in Baghdad and was "under coalition control."

[sarasota]

Near the Syrian border, huh? Do you think the Syrian's would have detailed him/sent him back had he made it that far?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I think with the pressure on Syria that the price of safe haven for any Iraqi leader has at least tripled or quadrupled. Not all will be able to pay the price.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Diplomacy works when you have a big stick in your hand in plain view of the country in front of you.

[Agent Smith]

Just wild speculation on my part, but this guy probably knows which congresscritters were bought and paid for. There maybe some unexpected resignations for "health" reasons, in the near future.

[randita]

Hijazi is known to have frequented Kandahar and was a supporter and enabler of OBL, having brokered aid of various types to al Qaeda. He's one of the most direct links between 9/11 and Iraq.

Syria blinked.

[Future Useless Eater]

Recent additions: 4/25/2003
        Farouk Hijazi [with Al Qaeda ties, and tried to kill 41]


Recent additions: 4/24/2003
        Tariq AZIZ

Iraq's 55 42 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 4/25am(2))
	Name	Position	Status
	Saddam Hussein	President of Iraq/CINC of Military	Possibly Dead
	Qusay Hussein	SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander	Possibly Dead
	Uday Hussein	Saddam Fedayeen Commander [the older "crazy rapist" son]	Possibly Dead
	Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti	Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)	At large**
	Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]	Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr	Believed DEAD
	Izzat IBRAHIM al-Duri	Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr	At large**
	Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al-Tikriti	SSO Director	At large**
	Aziz Salih al-Numan	BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia Reg Cmd	At large**
	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	At large**
	Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti	SRG Commander	At large**
	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	At large
	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi	RGFC Chief	At large**
	Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah	DGS Director	At large
	Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti	IIS Director	At large**
	Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti	Air Force Commander	At large
	Latif Nussayif Jasim al Dulaymi	Dep Chmn Baath Party	At large
	Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh	OMI Director (WMD Production)	At large
	Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi	Vice President	At large
	Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar al-Majid Sulayman al-Tikriti	Chief of Tribal Affairs	At large
	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	At large
	Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF	Vice President and RCC Member	At large
	Tariq Mikhail AZIZ	Deputy Prime Minister	In Custody 4/24/03
	Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti	Governor of Basrah Governate	At large
	Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi	Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.	Captured 4/19/03
	Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai	Minister of Defense	At large
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior	At large
	Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi	Al Quds Force Chief of Staff	At large
	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"]	At large
	Husam Muhammad Amin al-Yasin	National Monitoring Director	At large
	Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih	Minister of Trade	Captured 4/23/03
	Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti	Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother	At large **
	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	At large
	Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim Abdallah al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Baghdad	At large
	Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov	At large
	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
	Sa'd Abd al-Majid al-Faysal	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Salah ad Din Gov.	At large
	Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov.	At large
	Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov.	At large
	Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Qadasiyah Gov.	At large
	Rashid Taan Kazim	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Anbar Governate	At large
	Ugla Abid Saqr al-Kubaysi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Maysan Governate	At large
	Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov.	At large
	Adil Abdallah Mahdi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate	At large
	Nayif Shindakh Thamir	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate	At large
	Husayn Al Awawi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate	At large
	Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate	At large
- - - Freeper Additions - - -
	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
	Abu Nidal	Palestinian Terrorist Leader - Saddam 'claimed' he committed suicide last August	Killed-reported by Ollie North 4/16/03
	Khala Khadr Al-Salahat	Member of the Abul Nidal terrorist organization	In Custody 4/18/03
	Farouk Hijazi	#3 in Mukhabarat Iraqi intelligence [with ties to Al Qaeda]	Captured 4/25/03 [Returned by Syria?]
	Abdul Rahman Yasin	Indicted fugitive from 1993 WTC bombing, $25 Million reward	At large
	Ahmad Khalil Ibrahim Samir al-Ani	former Iraq Consul, met with Mohammed Atta in Prague shortly before 9/11	At large
	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
	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	At Large
	Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"] [aka: "Baghdad Bob"]	Minister of Information [wanted for DNC spokesperson]	On Administrative Leave [reportedly FOUND?]
	**  These nine fugitives were reportedly hiding in Syria 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.

Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi - the Q-of-spades, was a HUGE catch!

On September 19, 2000, a year before WTC, and with CLINTON still president, the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes David Scheffer said this...

"Saddam Hussein [...] built up one of the world's most ruthless police states using a very small number of associates who share with him the responsibility for these criminal actions."

Scheffer singled out:
• Ali Hassan al-Majid, more commonly referred to as "Chemical Ali,"
• Saddam's elder son, Uday
• his younger son Qusay,
• and Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi, the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq.

We also caught HIS SON on 4/21/03, and I assume the apple didn't fall far from the tree. That, plus Saddam's goons are mostly retirement age, and Saddam only trusts family ties. Please watch for the son's name and rap-sheet.

[Aggie Mama]

What a great chart! What's the deal with Abu Nidal?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Fox News reported last night that there are around 200 former Iraqi leaders and persons of interest on their "most wanted list." Those on cards are just the top of the heap.

[Future Useless Eater]

whats the deal with Abu Nidal?

Apparently, Iraq tried to FAKE his suicide last August.

But when Ollie North's team captured Abu Abbas, they also found Abu Nidal [freshly killed].

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I meant on the coalition's "most wanted list."

[hchutch]

Excellent.

Abu Nidal had it coming.

[COBOL2Java]

Diplomacy works when you have a big stick in your hand in plain view of the country in front of you.

Sounds like another Republican we've heard of..
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He liked to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick. . . . "

Source: Theodore Roosevelt bio at www.whitehouse.gov

[hchutch]

Interesting item on Abu Nidal.

Ollie probably enjoyed reporting that piece of news. I heard that he and Nidal had a blood fued.

[w8mm]

According to Ollie's Washington Times article of 04/20/03, Abu Nidal has been dead for a while. http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/north.htm

[homeschool mama]

One by one...:o)

Thank you for the ping, FL. Your ongoing list is so appreciated. :o)

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the good news and the update on your great chart!

[george wythe]

Hijazi was director of external operations for the Iraqi intelligence agency in the mid-1990s, when the agency allegedly launched a failed attempt to assassinate the first President George Bush during a visit to Kuwait.

Iraq has never sponsored terrorists against US citizens, much less a US President.

There must be a mistake in this story.



[/sarcasm]

[Paradox]

But when Ollie North's team captured Abu Abbas, they also found Abu Nidal [freshly killed].

Whaaaat? Where was this, do you have a link to a thread? I gotta read about this!

[LaineyDee]

Personally......I'd like to see both the Clintoons on the joker cards. Man it irks me that they walk around so smugly... with everyone knowing what crimes they committed.