Iraq's Most Wanted Leaders: U.S. List

April 28, 2003 - 0:0
AS-SAYLIYAH, Qatar -- The U.S. military on Sunday announced the capture of General Hossam Mohammad Amin, head of the National Monitoring Directorate, and one of the 55 Iraqi officials wanted by the United States.

The latest capture brings to 13 the number of officials of the ousted regime held since Washington issued a "most wanted" deck of playing cards with the order to capture or kill on April 11.

Three of the wanted are not included in the pack of cards, according to AFP. The following is the list and a cross-reference to the playing cards:

- 1: Saddam Hussein -- president. Ace of spades. - 2: Qusay -- younger son of Saddam and head of Special Security Organization. Ace of clubs. - 3: Uday -- elder son of Saddam Hussein, head of Feyadeen militia. Ace of hearts. - 4: Abid Hamid Mahmud -- presidential secretary. Ace of diamonds. - 5: Ali Hasan al-Majid -- presidential advisor listed as killed in action. King of spades. - 6: Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri -- Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) vice chairman. King of clubs. - 7: Hani al-Latif Tilfah -- Special Security Organization director. King of hearts. - 8: Kamal Mustafa Abdullah -- secretary of the Republican Guard. Queen of clubs. - 9: Barzan al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid -- Special Republican Guard commander. Queen of hearts. - 10: Muzahim Saab Hasan -- air defense forces commander. captured. Queen of diamonds. - 11: Ibrahim Ahmad al-Sattar Muhammad -- armed forces chief of staff. Jack of spades. - 12: Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan -- Republican Guard chief of staff. Jack of clubs. - 13: Rafi Abd al-Latif Tilfah - director of general security. Jack of hearts. - 14: Tahir Jalil Habbush -- Iraqi Intelligence Service. Jack of diamonds. - 15: Hamid Raja Shalah -- air force commander. Ten of spades. - 16: Abd al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh -- deputy prime minister. Ten of hearts. - 17: Aziz Salih al-Numan -- Baath Party chairman, west Baghdad. king of diamonds. - 18: Muhammad Hamza Zubeidi -- former member RCC. Captured. Queen of spades. - 19: Sultan Hashim Ahmad -- defense minister. Eight of hearts. - 20: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa - Qods (Beit-ul-Moqaddas) forces (loyalist militia) chief of staff. Seven of clubs. - 21: Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar -- director of military intelligence. Captured. Seven of hearts. - 22: Abd al-Baqi al-Karim Abdullah -- Baath Party chairman for Diyala Province. Five of diamonds. - 23: Muhammad Zimam al-Razzaq -- Baath Party chairman for Tamim. Four of spades. - 24: Samir al-Aziz al-Najim -- Baath Party regional command chairman for east Baghdad. Captured. Four of clubs. - 25: Yahya Abdullah al-Ubaydi -- Baath Party chairman for Basra. Four of diamonds. - 26: Nayif Shindakh Thamir -- Baath Party chairman for Salahaddin. Not in the pack of cards. - 27: Sayf al-din al-Mashhadani, Baath Party chairman for Muthanna district. Three of clubs. - 28: Fadil Mahmud Gharib (Aka Gharib Muhammad Fazel) -- Baath Party chairman for Babil district. Three of hearts. - 29: Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji -- Baath Party chairman for Qadisiyah. Three of diamonds. - 30: Rashid Taan Kazim -- Baath Party chairman for Al-Anbar. Two of spades. - 31: Ugla Saqr al-Kubaysi -- Baath Party chairman for Maysan. Two of clubs. - 32: Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi -- Baath Party chairman Al-Kut. Two of hearts. - 33: Adil Abdullah Mahdi - Baath Party chairman for Dhi Qar. Two of diamonds. - 34: Husain al-Awawi - Baath Party chairman for Ninawa. Not in the pack of cards. - 35: Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad -- Baath Party chairman for Karbala. Not in the pack of cards. - 36: Abdul Majid al-Faisal -- Baath Party chairman for Salahaddin. Three of spades. - 37: Latif Nusayyif Jasim -- Baath Party Military Bureau deputy chairman. Ten of clubs. - 38: Taha Yasin Ramadan -- vice president. Ten of diamonds. - 39: Rukan Razuki al-Ghafar Sulayman al-Majid -- head of tribal affairs office. Nine of spades. - 40: Jamal Mustafa Abdullah (Sultan) -- deputy head of Tribal Affairs Office, son-in-law of Saddam. Surrendered. Nine of clubs. - 41: Mizban Khadr Hadi -- RCC member. Nine of hearts. - 42: Taha Muhyi al-Din Maruf -- vice president. Nine of diamonds. - 43: Tareq Aziz -- deputy prime minister, RCC member. Eight of spades. Surrendered. - 44: Walid Hamid Tawfiq -- governor of Basra. Eight of clubs. - 45: Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi -- deputy prime minister/finance minister. Captured. Eight of diamonds. - 46: Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad -- interior minister. Seven of spades. - 47: Amir Rashid Muhammad -- presidential advisor/oil minister. six of spades. - 48: Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih -- trade minister. Six of hearts. captured. - 49: Hossam Muhammad Amin -- head of National Monitoring Directorate (liaison group with UN arms inspectors). Six of clubs. Captured. - 50: Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan -- presidential advisor. Six of diamonds. - 51: Watban Ibrahim Hasan -- presidential advisor and Saddam half-brother. Captured. Five of spades. - 52: barzan ibrahim hasan -- presidential advisor and saddam half-brother. Captured. Five of clubs. - 53: Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash -- weapons of mass destruction scientist. Five of hearts. - 54: Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafar -- higher education minister. Captured. Four of hearts. - 55: Amir Hamudi Hasan (Al-Saadi) -- presidential scientific advisor. Surrendered. seven of diamonds.