Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts
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Here’s a look at Iraq’s “most wanted” fugitives list.
Timeline
April 11, 2003 – In a press conference, Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks announces that US soldiers in Iraq will begin receiving a list of the 55 “most wanted” Iraqis. To accompany the list, the soldiers also get a deck of playing cards representing the fugitives.
The Most Wanted
No. 1/Ace of Spades
Saddam Hussein
Former Iraqi President
December 13, 2003 – Captured in Tikrit.
November 5, 2006 – Sentenced to death.
December 30, 2006 – Executed.
No. 2/Ace of Clubs
Qusay Hussein
Chief, Special Security Organization and Special Republican Guard; Commander, Central Region Commander
July 22, 2003 – Killed in a firefight in Mosul.
No. 3/Ace of Hearts
Uday Hussein
Member of the National Assembly, Olympic Committee
July 22, 2003 – Killed in a firefight in Mosul.
No. 4/Ace of Diamonds
Gen. Abed Hamoud Mahmud al-Tikriti
Saddam Hussein’s personal secretary and senior bodyguard
June 18, 2003 – Captured. Later convicted and sentenced to death.
June 7, 2012 – Executed.
No. 5/King of Spades
Ali Hasan al-Majid
Revolutionary Command Council; Commander, Baath Party Regional Command
August 21, 2003 – Captured.
2007 – Sentenced to death in four separate trials.
January 25, 2010 – Executed.
No. 6/King of Clubs
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Revolutionary Command Council Vice-Chairman; Deputy Secretary General, Baath Party Regional Command; Deputy Commander, Armed Forces
April 17, 2015 – Reported killed in an Iraqi security operation.
No. 7/King of Hearts
Hani abd al-Latif al-Tilfah al-Tikriti
Director, Special Security Organization
Still at Large.
No. 8/King of Diamonds
Aziz Saleh Al-Numan
Baath Party Regional Command Chairman
May 22, 2003 – Captured. Later convicted and sentenced to death.
July 16, 2011 – Transferred from US custody to Iraqi custody.
No. 9/Queen of Spades
Muhammad Hazma al Zubaydi
Central Euphrates Regional Commander
April 21, 2003 – Captured.
2005 – Died in US custody.
No. 10/Queen of Clubs
Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti
Former secretary-general of the Republican Guard
May 17, 2003 – Captured.
No. 11/Queen of Hearts
Barzan Abd Ghafur Sulayman al Tikriti
Special Republican Guard Commander
July 23, 2003 – Captured.
No. 12/Queen of Diamonds
Muzahim Sa’b Hassan al Tikriti
Air Defense Force Commander
April 23, 2003 – Captured.
No. 13/Jack of Spades
Ibrahim Ahmad abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti
Iraqi Armed Forces Chief of Staff
May 12, 2003 – Captured. Later sentenced to life in prison.
2010 – Died in US custody.
No. 14/Jack of Clubs
Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha al-Rawi
Chief of Iraqi Republican Guard
Still at Large.
No. 15/Jack of Hearts
Rafi abd al-Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti
Director, Directorate of General Security
Still at Large.
No. 16/Jack of Diamonds
Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti
Director, Iraqi Intelligence Service
Still at Large.
No. 17/Ten of Spades
Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti
Commander of the Iraqi air force
June 14, 2003 – Captured.
No. 18/Ten of Clubs
Latif Nusayyif Jasm Al-Dulaymi
Baath party official and Deputy Chairman of the party’s military bureau
June 10, 2003 – Captured.
No. 19/Ten of Hearts
Abd al Tawab abdullah Mullah al-Huwaysh
Director of the Office of Military Industrialization
May 2, 2003 – Captured.
No. 20/Ten of Diamonds
Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi
Iraqi Vice-President
August 19, 2003 – Captured.
March 20, 2007 – Executed.
No. 21/Nine of Spades
Rukan Razuki abd al-Ghafar Sulayman al-Nasiri
Saddam Hussein’s senior bodyguard and Head of Tribal Affairs
Still at Large.
No. 22/Nine of Clubs
Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan al Tikriti
Dep. Chief of Tribal Affairs
April 21, 2003 – Captured.
No. 23/Nine of Hearts
Mizban Khadr Al Hadi
Baath Party Regional Command and Revolutionary Command Council member
July 8, 2003 – Captured. Later convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
No. 24/Nine of Diamonds
Taha Muhie-eldin Marouf
Vice President and Revolutionary Command Council member
May 2, 2003 – Captured.
No. 25/Eight of Spades
Tariq Aziz
Deputy Prime Minister
April 24, 2003 – Captured. Later convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
October 26, 2010 – Convicted and sentenced to death.
June 5, 2015 – Died of a heart attack.
No. 26/Eight of Clubs
Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti
Former governor of Basra
April 28, 2003 – Surrendered to the Iraqi National Congress.
No. 27/Eight of Hearts
Sultan Hashim al-Taie
Former Iraqi Minister of Defense
September 19, 2003 – Captured. Sentenced to death in the Anfal trial; to 15 years in prison for the 1991 Shiite uprising trial: and to 15 years for the Halabja chemical attack.
July 16, 2011 – Transferred from US custody to Iraqi custody.
No. 28/Eight of Diamonds
Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi
Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister
April 18, 2003 – Captured.
No. 29/Seven of Spades
Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad
Iraqi Minister of Interior
August 8, 2003 – Captured.
July 9, 2012 – Released.
No. 30/ Seven of Clubs
Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi
Al Quds Force Chief of Staff
June 4, 2003 – Captured.
No. 31/Seven of Hearts
Zuhayr Talib abd al-Sattar al-Naqib
Director of Military Intelligence
April 23, 2003 – Surrendered.
No. 32/Seven of Diamonds
Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi
Saddam Husseins’s science adviser
April 12, 2003 – Surrendered.
No. 33/Six of Spades
Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi
Oil minister and presidential adviser
April 28, 2003 – Captured.
No. 34/Six of Clubs
Hussam Muhammad Amin al-Yasin
Head, National Monitoring Directorate; Former Minister of Interior
April 27, 2003 – Captured.
No. 35/Six of Hearts
Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih
Minister of Trade
April 23, 2003 – Captured.
No. 36/Six of Diamonds
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti
Presidential adviser, half-brother of Saddam Hussein
February 2005 – Turned over to Iraq by Syria. Sentenced to 15 years in prison in one trial and sentenced to death in another.
July 16, 2011 – Transferred from US custody to Iraqi custody.
July 2013 – Died of cancer.
No. 37/Five of Spades
Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
Saddam Hussein’s half-brother
April 13, 2003 – Captured at Syrian border. Convicted and sentenced to death.
July 16, 2011 – Transferred from US custody to Iraqi custody.
No. 38/Five of Clubs
Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti
Saddam Hussein’s half-brother
April 17, 2003 – Captured.
November 5, 2006 – Sentenced to death.
January 15, 2007 – Executed.
No. 39/Five of Hearts
Huda Salih Mehdi Ammash
Top weapons scientist
May 5, 2003 – Captured
December 12, 2005 – Released.
No. 40/Five of Diamonds
Abd al-Baqi abd al-Karim al-Abdallah al-Sadun
Central Baath Party Regional Command Chairman, Diyala Region
June 2015 – Captured.
2016 – Sentenced to Death.
December 2021 – Died while in custody.
No. 41/Four of spades
Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun
Central Baath Party Regional Chairman, Ninawah and Ta’mim Governorates
February 15, 2004 – Captured.
No. 42/Four of Clubs
Samir abd al Aziz al Najm
Baath Party leader
April 17, 2003 – Captured.
No. 43/Four of Hearts
Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur
Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research
April 19, 2003 – Captured.
No. 44/Four of Diamonds
Yahya Abdallah al Ubaydi
Baath Party Chairman and Commander Baath Party Militia
Suspected dead.
No. 45/no card
Nayif Shindakh Thamir Ghalib
Baath Party Regional Chairman An-Najaf Governorate
Suspected dead.
No. 46/Three of Clubs
Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani
Baath Party Regional Chairman for al-Muthanna
May 24, 2003 – Captured.
No. 47/Three of Hearts
Fadil Mahmud Gharib
Former Baath Regional Chairman
May 14, 2003 – Captured.
December 18, 2005 – Released.
No. 48/Three of Diamonds
Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji
Baath Party Chairman, al-qadisiyah Governorate
February 7, 2004 – Captured.
No. 49/Two of Spades
Rashid Taan Kazim
Central Baath Party Regional Chairman, Anbar Governorate
Still at Large.
No. 50/Two of Clubs
Ugla Abid Sighar al-Kubaysi
Regional Baath Party Chairman
May 20, 2003 – Captured.
No. 51/Two of Hearts
Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi
Baath Party Regional Command Chairman in the Iraqi district of Al Kut
May 7, 2003 – Captured.
Spring 2005 – Released.
No. 52/Two of Diamonds
Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti
Baath Party Regional Command Chairman from the Dhi Qar governorate
May 15, 2003 – Captured.
No. 53/no card
Brig. Gen. Qaid Husseini al-Awadi
Baath Party Regional Commander and a brigadier general in Iraq’s chemical corps
June 10, 2003 – Captured.
No. 54/no card
Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad
Baath Party Regional Chairman for the Karbala governorate
January 11, 2004 – Captured.
Summer 2010 – Tried, found innocent and released.
No. 55/Three of Spades
Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal
Regional Chairman for Salah al-Din
May 24, 2003 – Captured.
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