Ace of Diamonds Nabbed [No. 4 on the most-wanted list]

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[DadOfFive]

No story yet. Just headline.

[M. Peach]

I'm sure Saddam supplied him with enough Viagra to keep him from rolling over....

[aruanan]

Presidential secretary (Al-tikriti something or other) not a family member. :(

They're from the same town. They're not cousins?

[demlosers]

Mahmud may have information on the fate of Saddam and his sons, and he is thought to have details of Iraq's alleged weapons programs. U.S. officials have said they want to try Mahmud for war crimes or crimes against humanity for activities associated with his senior position in the Iraqi regime.

This is a big fish!

This guy knows alot, "may have information" my @$$! He knows if Saddam is dead or alive. And he does know what the status is of WMDs in Iraq. No bones about it.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

You're assuming this guy, loyal as loyal can be, is just going to roll over and talk. I hope so, but I'm not holding my breath.

He'll talk. We have ways of making him talk. He'll wish that Barney and the Teletubbies never existed by the time we're through with him. You'll see.

[demlosers]

VOA: US Captures No. 4 on Iraqi Most-Wanted List
Meredith Buel
Pentagon
AP
Abid Hamid Mahmud
A U.S. official says the number four man on the most wanted list of Iraqis, Abid Hamid Mahmud, has been taken into custody. Mr. Mahmud was the personal secretary for ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

U.S. Central Command also describes him as being a national security advisor and one of the few people the former Iraqi leader completely trusted.

Mr. Mahmud is the highest-ranking figure on the U.S. military's list to be captured so far. The only people listed above him are Saddam Hussein and his two sons.

The capture came as coalition forces in Iraq have launched more than 50 raids in recent days and detained hundreds of Iraqis in an effort to wipe out sporadic resistance.

Major General Ray Ordierno briefed reporters at the Pentagon via satellite from Tikrit.

The commander of the Army's 4th Infantry Division says the raids will continue as long as there is armed resistance against coalition forces.

"Our soldiers are involved in almost daily contact with non-compliant forces, former regime members and common criminals," he said. "To defeat these attacks and to continue to improve the security and stability within our area, the task force is conducting search and attack missions, presence patrols and raids to disarm, defeat and destroy hostile forces as well as to capture the former regime members."

General Ordierno says the raids are helping to stabilize areas north of Baghdad.

He says in the latest raid U.S. soldiers discovered large amounts of cash and detained senior Iraqi military officials.

"Soldiers from 122 infantry conducted two raids on separate farm houses outside of Tikrit seizing $8.5 million (US), 300 to 400 million Iraqi dinars and English pounds and Euros yet to be counted," he explained. " In addition we seized a large cache of jewel and gems estimated to be worth over a million dollars in value."

General Ordierno says soldiers also confiscated late-model Russian-made night-vision goggles, sniper rifles and uniforms of Saddam Hussein's personal guard.

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This guy knows alot! Lets hope he talks.

[ALS]

CentCom's Iraqi Perp Cards Slideshow

[HighWheeler]

This guy would be Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, Presidential Secretary.
At least he isn't listed as Sodoms fat, thong-clad, uneducated intern.

[M. Peach]

In all fairness - look what we did to the Ruskies in Afghanistan in the 80's. We supplied Osama Bin Laden with arms and trained his men to fight Russia - a lot worse than what they did to us.

We helped Bin Laden kill way more Russians than they helped Saddam kill Americans, so we really don't have a lot of room to condemn them.

[68skylark]

The events you mention happened back when the USSR was the mortal enemy of the USA, and we were doing all we could to keep them isolated and bankrupt -- a strategy that ultimately worked. If they want to go back to those days, they should keep helping our enemies like Saddam. If they don't, they should cut it out right now.

[M. Peach]

Believe me - I was in no way condoning their actions - in fact - this is a great opportunity for them to get on our good side. I'm just trying to look at this objectively - and try to realize that the rest of the world is also watching.

Back in the mid 80's the Russians were not our mortal enemies. Gorbachev and Regan were starting to become fairly good buddies - and the ice was beginning to melt.


I'm just saying this doesn't put us in the ideal position to be too critical of the Russians when they can just push it back in our face. After all, it only happened about 15 years ago.

[Dog]

No Barney tape for this guy .....ship him to Morocco.....and let them beat the crap out of him until he talks.....this one gets the works.

[Grampa Dave]

Give us a break. We were in cold war with the USSR at that time.

The Russians were supposed to be our friends the past couple of years.

Do you think you are talking to the history deprived and dumbed down ones?

[68skylark]

It's nice of you to reply. I guess I'll have to respectfully disagree. Reagan made his mark as a tough anti-communist who finally brought down their system -- by seeing that the two systems (communism vs. freedom) are not morally equivalent. Our system is morally superior, and we were well within our rights to bring their system down. Ordinary citizens in the old USSR should be glad we did it (and many of them are).

Yes, we can be critical of the Russians if they are helping Saddam. When we were arming Afgans, we were helping to fight the worst tyrrany in the world at the time and there's no need for us to apologize. If Russia now helps Saddam, then they're aiding an enemy of freedom -- that isn't right, they should be ashamed of themselves, and we have every right to treat them as an enemy if they don't apologize and change their actions right away. (Ditto for France.)

There's no moral equivalence between what we've done and what they've done, IMHO.

Anyway, I love the FreeRepublic because it's a place where thoughtful people can say what is on their mind and have a civil exchange of ideas, even when we don't always agree.

Take care.

[Exit148]

Where can find an updated list of those who have been captured, or have turned themselves in? (from the 55 most wanted)

I have the scoreboard, and cross off those who have been caught, but I don't know if I've missed anyone.

[Future Useless Eater]

Recent additions:
        6/18/03 - General Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti
        Saddam’s personal secretary, senior body guard, and National Security Advisor

        6/14/03 - Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti
        Commander of the Iraqi Air Force

• Note: Centcom's count is short by one: 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.
• Also, I am choosing to CONTINUE calling Chemical Ali dead, until he is PROVEN otherwise.

Iraq's 55 21 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 6/18pm)
	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)	Captured 6/18/03
	Ali Hasan al-Majid [aka: "Chemical Ali"]	Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr	Believed DEAD [one report early June said he was still alive]
	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	Captured 5/22/03 [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	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	Captured 5/12/03
	Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi	RGFC Chief	At large** [or maybe dead? see note2]
	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	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	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	Captured 5/01/03..
	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	At large
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior	At large
	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 **
	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
	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.	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.	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	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	At large
	Husayn Al Awadi	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate	Captured 6/10/03
	Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad	BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate	At large
- - - 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
	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
	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]	On Administrative Leave [reportedly FOUND?]
	**  These nine six fugitives were reportedly hiding in Syria. This may have been a smokescreen as THREE were caught near Baghdad.           Note2: Also, Al-Rawi (J-of-spades) 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. 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.

   

[Future Useless Eater]

UPDATED here - Iraq's 55 21 Most Wanted Scoreboard

[terilyn]

Thank you, your updates are great!

[No Truce With Kings]

Thanks.

Remind me again -- what suit is trumps?

[JLS]

Thank you thank you thank you. This is a big get for us record keepers too. We now have a confirm on a card of each value. That is while not of one suit we now have at least one A through 2.

Of course we are still looking for our first four of a kind. Seems to be plenty of possibilities for this, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Q. Should happen pretty soon.

[JLS]

Thank you thank you thank you. This is a big get for us record keepers too. We now have a confirm on a card of each value. That is while not of one suit we now have at least one A through 2.

Of course we are still looking for our first four of a kind. Seems to be plenty of possibilities for this, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Q. Should happen pretty soon.