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With the Capture of the "Queen of Hearts", BARZAN ABD AL-GHAFUR SULAYMAN MAJID AL-TIKRIT, Number 11 on the Iraq most wanted list, all of the "Queens" of Iraq have been captured by US Forces in Iraq. Queen of Spades (#9): Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi, Former Secretary Of Ba'ath Party Northern Bureau, Former Deputy Prime Minister, Former Member Of The Ba'ath Regional Command: Captured April 20, 2003 Queen of Diamonds (#12): Muzahim Sab Hasan al-Tikriti LTG, Commander, Iraqi Air Defense Forces / Deputy Director Organization Of Military Industrialization (OMI): Captured April 23, 2003 Queen of Clubs (#10): Kamal Mustafa abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti...

WASHINGTON (AP) - American forces in Iraq captured four top officials of Saddam Hussein's former government Wednesday, including the air defense force commander and the former head of military intelligence. The highest-ranking official in the group is Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti, who headed Iraq's air defenses under Saddam. He was No. 10 on the U.S. list of the top 55 most wanted officials from Saddam's regime and the queen of diamonds in the military's deck of playing cards listing those officials. Al-Tikriti, who was from Saddam's hometown clan which made up much of the former Iraqi inner circle, also reportedly...