[DadOfFive]

Who do you suppose Ace of Diamonds would be?

[Coop]

Hooray! Maybe one of Hussein's sons? If I remember correctly, Saddam was the death card (Ace of Spades, appropriate), and his two thug boys were also aces.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Ace of Diamonds ping

[Connservative]

Meanwhile, more U.S. soldiers are shot in the back.

This will be labeled a 'quagmire' in no time.

[dead]

I think "Ace of Diamonds" is a rapper from Philly, wanted on drug and weapons charges.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

WASHINGTON — U.S. forces in Iraq have made their highest arrest so far from the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis.

Gen. Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, the Ace of Diamonds in Central Command's deck of cards, was taken into custody, Pentagon officials told Fox News.

Al-Tikriti was No. 4 on the most-wanted list, behind only Saddam Hussein and his sons Uday and Qusay.

Al-Tikriti was Saddam's personal secretary, national security adviser and senior bodyguard.

Fox News' Bret Baier contributed to this report.

[RoughDobermann]

Who do you suppose Ace of Diamonds would be?

ABID HAMID MAHMUD AL-TIKRITI - Presidential Secretary

[Vulpes]

-Ace of diamonds: Abed Hameed Hmoud, presidential secretary. He controlled access to his cousin Saddam. In the 1990s, he was in charge of several security portfolios, including responsibility over places where Iraq has been accused of hiding weapons.

[E Rocc]

Ace of diamonds: Abid Hamid Mahmud, presidential secretary.

[finnman69]

ABID HAMID MAHMUD AL-TIKRITI
Presidential Secretary

[BlueNgold]

Who has the current tally?

[Porterville]

But, but, but, we arrreee innnnn aaaa quagmireeeee. Wahhhhhh, Bushies foiled the liberal socialist again, waskaly wabbits.

[rudypoot]

WHY THE HECK WAS THIS GUY STILL IN IRAQ? Stupid is as stupid does, I guess.

[William McKinley]

An Ace! Woohoo!

[TomGuy]

FoxNews reported that this al-Tikrit guy may be the one who had authority over the WMD programs.

[Wordsmith]

Bump. Interesting.

[TomGuy]

FoxNews reported earlier this morning that another huge cache (as in millions) of US and British currency had been found in 2 farm houses in the Tikrit area.

[kattracks]

U.S. Captures No. 4 Iraqi Official

By JOHN J. LUMPKIN
.c The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - American forces have taken into custody Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, Saddam's presidential secretary and No. 4 on the U.S. most-wanted list of Iraqi leaders, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

The official said Mahmud was captured in Iraq but had no further details.

Third in power only to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his younger son, Qusai, Mahmud controlled access to Saddam and was one of the few people he is said to have trusted completely, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.



06/18/03 11:41 EDT

[rs79bm]

Diamond in the hole ping.

[kattracks]

No. 4 most-wanted Iraqi captured

WASHINGTON (AP) — American forces have taken into custody Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, Saddam's presidential secretary and No. 4 on the U.S. most-wanted list of Iraqi leaders, a U.S. official said Wednesday.

The official said Mahmud was captured in Iraq but had no further details.

Third in power only to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his younger son, Qusai, Mahmud controlled access to Saddam and was one of the few people he is said to have trusted completely, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

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.

It is unclear whether Mahmud's capture was related to U.S. raids near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. American troops raided two farmhouses and found $8.5 million in American cash, 300 million to 400 million Iraqi dinars and an undetermined amount of British pounds and Euros, said Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of the Army's 4th Infantry Division. The troops also found more than $1 million worth of gems and jewels, he said.

The troops captured one of Saddam's bodyguards and up to 50 other people believed to be tied to Saddam's security or intelligence forces or paramilitary groups, Odierno told Pentagon reporters in a video news conference from his headquarters in Tikrit. The troops also found Russian-made night-vision goggles and other military equipment, as well as various Saddam paraphernalia.

Odierno said he did not know whether the cash was intended to pay bounties for attacks on American troops or to provide the Saddam loyalists with luxuries while they were in hiding.

[savedbygrace]

"You can run, but you can't hide."

"We will hunt you down and bring you to justice."