Posted on 08/09/2003 10:09:09 AM PDT by Dog
Edited on 08/09/2003 10:27:07 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
BAGHDAD, Iraq Senior defense officials confirmed Saturday that former Iraqi Minister of Interior Mahmud al-Ahmad (search), listed as number 29 on the coalition's "Iraqi Top 55" most-wanted list, was in the custody of coalition forces.
Al-Ahmad was next in line to succeed Saddam Hussein (search), following deaths of the deposed leader's sons, Uday and Qusay. Officials said Al-Ahmad surrendered in Baghdad on Friday. The capture of the once-elusive henchman brought the number of network operatives now either dead or being held by the U.S. military to 37.
The surrender also capped a busy, yet fruitful 48 hours for coalition soldiers.
Acting on a tip from a native Iraqi early Saturday, troops seized and destroyed a cache of high-powered weapons and explosives, among them 24 rocket-propelled grenades and a surface-to-air launcher missile. U.S. troops also captured 13 Saddam loyalists with 47 AK-47s, the military said.
Also on Saturday, troops came under renewed attacks that left at least four soldiers injured, as a team of FBI investigators prepared to take control of the probe into the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy (search).
Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade (search) on patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk (search) were fired on with a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms throughout the day, said Lt. Col. Bill McDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division operating in the area.
Two soldiers were wounded in the explosion and were in stable condition, McDonald said. The troops returned fire, he said.
In yet another confrontation, soldiers west of Kirkuk opened fire on a car that ran a military checkpoint, wounding two Iraqis, McDonald said. The victims were evacuated to a Kirkuk hospital in stable condition, he said.
In south-central Baghdad, two soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their armored Humvee (search) vehicle, said Maj. Todd Mercer of the 82nd Airborne Division.
In the southern city of Basra (search), which is controlled by British troops, about 1,000 angry residents protested in the streets over the lack of power, water and gas.
Witnesses told Associated Press Television News that three British soldiers were injured by stones, and two young Iraqi boys were wounded in the melee. A British military spokesman denied any soldiers were hurt.
Thursday's bombing of the Jordanian Embassy, which killed 19 people and injured at least 50 raised fears that Al Qaeda-linked terrorists were at work in Iraq. The bombing was the first large-scale terrorist attack since Baghdad fell to U.S. forces April 9.
Authorities are looking at Ansar al-Islam, which U.S. officials claim is linked to Al Qaeda, as a potential suspect, according to Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"The one organization that we have confidence and that we know is in Iraq and in the Baghdad area is Ansar al-Islam," he said. "It is unknown whether this particular organization was associated with the (bombing). Perhaps that'll become clear as we go down the road.
"But that is an Al Qaeda-related organization and one that we are focusing attention on," Schwartz said.
Fewer than a dozen FBI agents were dispatched to secure and analyze evidence. They also will train Iraqi investigators. It was not clear when the team would begin work or how long it would stay.
"We will do all we can to help the Iraqi authorities find these people and bring them to justice," L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of Iraq, said in a press release distributed by the Pentagon.
The Bush administration fears Iraqi police don't have the techniques or tools to properly investigate the deadly attack, according to a senior Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity from Washington.
So far, American authorities have said, they do not believe terrorist groups like Ansar or any other foreign fighters have played a major role in the guerrilla war against American occupation forces.
They believe instead that the attacks are the work of remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime his Republican Guard, Fedayeen militia and intelligence services.
Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ansar al-Islam was known for bombings and assassinations of Kurdish figures. But the group, which has included veterans of Usama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan, has not previously been linked to attacks on the scale of the embassy blast.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the group was a link between Baghdad and Al Qaeda when he made his case for war to the U.N. Security Council in February. Others have questioned whether there was any connection to Saddam Hussein's regime.
U.S. forces knocked out Ansar-al-Islam's main headquarters in northeastern Iraq early in the war. Bremer has said the group has been rebuilding in the country, with surviving members filtering back from Iran.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
6 posted on 08/09/2003 10:17 AM PDT by Dog (: "And good ol' boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing 'This'll be the day Saddam dies...'")
Yes! A great big "thank you!" to our troops.
Godspeed, heroes.
I think you mean 39.
We seem to only hear about the attacks on our soldiers. And. this is news we should certainly hear. Such reports help us focus our graditude and prayers for the men and women on the front lines who risk... and give... the ultimate sacrifice for our security.
But. so often lost in the news of attacks on our troops is their magnificent success. The media reporting only the negative weakens our opportunity to shine a light on our pride in what our soldiers do...and how well they do it.
Thank you, "Dog", for posting the articles that remind us of the sacrifices...AND the skill of our military men and women.
< CASEY KASUM VOICE >
"This long distance dedication is from a ruthless socialist dictator in Iraq, going out to his 2 sons, Uday and Qusay.
'My sons, I miss feeding members of a apposing political party into the wood chipper, beating the souls of the feet of our enemies, and loosing twice to the United States. I'de like to dedicate 'ricky don't loose that WMD' to my sons Uday and Qusay.'
So here we have, going out to numbers 2 and 3 in our countdown, the ace of clubs and the ace of spades, ricky . . don't loose thate WMD, from stealy dan"
< / CASEY KASUM VOICE >
Iraq's See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation (Revised: 8/09pm) |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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. |
In Custody 7/09/03 |
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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, He was previously reported CAPTURED on July 9th by Centcom | In Custody 8/09/02 |
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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(?)An Iraqi TV report said he was KILLED in the battle for Najaf | |
Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate | Captured 8/04/03 | |
Husayn Al Awadi | BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate | Captured 6/10/03 | |
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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 |
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** 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. |
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