#11 (Queen of Hearts) - Barzan abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti - captured

CentCom briefing

[steveegg]

Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, commander of Coalition forces in Iraq, mentioned that we caught #11 on the 55 most-wanted list at the end of his briefing this morning. #11 is Barzan abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti, the commander of the Special Republican Guard, and the queen of hearts in the deck.

Sorry, I haven't seen a separate story on this yet, as the news web sites are still focusing on Udai and Qusai Hussein's deaths.

[MEG33]

No.11 is caught

[Sunshine Sister]

How many in the deck have been caught?

[math=power]

Here's a link.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/leader-cards.htm

Jeff

[steveegg]

According to FL_engineer's latest update (as of Uday's and Qusay's deaths), Barzan's capture would make 37 either captured or dead.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I was listening to some news broadcast last night discussing all of those 16 remaining on the most wanted list... I commented to my son that they couldn't point out that 39 of them had been captured/killed. They had to emphasize that 16 remained (16 is the number brought up by this reporter, I am unsure of the count).

[Coop]

37 out of 52.

Not bad for a quagmire.

[steveegg]

If one included Ali Hasan al-Majid (Chemical Ali - once believed to have been killed in an airstrike in Basra but now believed to have survived) and Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi (reported by The World Tribune as murdered by Saddam as we entered Baghdad, but not generally believed to be dead), it would be 39.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Gettin' hard to play cards lately, isn't it?

[steveegg]

Reuters/Yahoo FINALLY has a story up (thanks, dead, for digging it up

U.S. Says Captures Saddam Guard Chief

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have captured the commander of Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, number 11 on a list of Washington's 55 most wanted Iraqis, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Wednesday.

Lieutenant-General Ricardo Sanchez did not identify the person who was taken into custody by name, referring only to his number on the list.

But a Central Command statement later identified the person as Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikriti, Saddam's Special Republican Guard Commander.

Barzan was number 11 on lists previously provided by the U.S. authorities. He was also listed as the Queen of Hearts in a U.S. deck of cards on the most wanted Iraqis.

The latest detention brought to 37 the number of arrests out of the 55 Iraqis U.S.-led forces want detained.

Sanchez declined to say where Barzan was seized.

The detention was announced a day after U.S. troops killed Saddam's two sons, Uday and Qusay, in a firefight in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The two sons were listed as numbers two and three on the U.S. list. Saddam is number one, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

[steveegg]

We're definitely running out of them. We've got almost all the clubs, can't get a straight anymore, and the only places to get a flush are spades (though one more spade capture takes that out of play) and diamonds.

[eeman]

Democrats are born with only half a deck anyway, so I doubt they notice any difference

[Sunshine Sister]

Does this deck of cards have jokers? If not only 15 to go. Cool!

[steveegg]

It has a pair of jokers, though those are reserved for translation of military ranks and a description of Arab titles. There are also 3 cards that don't have any face value, and one of those are captured. That makes it 17 to go.

[steveegg]

Correction, 18 to go (I need another Dew).

[No Truce With Kings]

Yesss!!

Now for the hat trick! (So-dumb.)

[Future Useless Eater]

Recent additions:
        7/23/03 - Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikrit
        Special Republican Guard Commander

Recent additions:
        7/22/03 - Qusay Hussein - KILLED
        SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander

Recent additions:
        7/22/03 - Uday Hussein - KILLED
        Saddam Fedayeen Commander
        [the older "crazy rapist" son]
...

• Note: I moved Chemical Ali back to the undead, since Centcom received reports in June and July he was still alive.

Iraq's 55 18 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 7/23am)
	Name	Position	Status
	Saddam Hussein	President of Iraq/CINC of Military	Possibly Dead
	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	Possibly DEAD [but reports in June and July 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 [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]
	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 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	At large
	Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad	Minister of the Interior	Captured 7/09/03
	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 **
	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	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
	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-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 18 Most Wanted Scoreboard

[kayak]

You are doing a fantastic job of keeping this chart updated. THANK YOU!!!

[Carry_Okie]

That list is starting to fill out quite nicely. Until yesterday it was a little thin at the top. I note that about a third of those remaining are supposedly in Syria.

Thanks for doing this.