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In April 2003, the United States drew up a list of most-wanted Iraqis, consisting of the 55 members of the deposed Ba'athist Iraqi regime whom they most wanted to capture. The list was turned into a set of playing cards for distribution to United States-led Coalition troops .
Al-Majid was captured following the 2003 invasion of Iraq and was charged by the Iraqi government with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. He was convicted in June 2007 and sentenced to death for crimes of genocide against the Kurds committed in the al-Anfal campaign of the 1980s. [9]
He led the Iraqi resistance group Naqshbandi Army. [2] [3] Al-Douri was the most high-profile Ba'athist official to successfully evade capture after the invasion of Iraq, and was the "king of clubs" in the infamous U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. Al-Douri continued to lead elements of the Iraqi resistance such as the Naqshbandi ...
January: Captured al-Qaeda leader Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, after being secretly handed over to Egypt by the United States for interrogation, gives specific and elaborate details of ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda, included training in explosives, biological, and chemical weapons. His account, which has since been repudiated by himself, the Defense ...
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, Sabawi went into hiding. On 27 February 2005, his arrest was made public. On 27 February 2005, his arrest was made public. Sabawi was the "six of Diamonds" in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards , and number 36 of the top 55 most-wanted Iraqis list. [ 3 ]
Iraqi intel teams secured a break in 2018 after one of the Islamic State leader's top aides gave them information on how al-Baghdadi escaped capture.
Iraq's authorities have captured two members of the Islamic State group in an operation outside the country and brought them home, where they confessed to committing crimes during the rule of the ...
A maternal cousin of Saddam, [1] Rafi went into hiding during the Iraq War, when a United States-led Coalition invaded the country and overthrew Saddam Hussein's government. A key aide to General al-Douri , Rafi al-Tikriti provided information and actionable intelligence on anti-regime individuals and opposition groups in each governorate of ...