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Deck No. 41 Captured: U.S. Troops Raid Saddam's Hometown; Capture Senior Regime Official
Associated Press W ^ | May 2, 2003 | By David Rising

Posted on 05/02/2003 1:45:03 AM PDT by OutSpot

TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers raided a dozen buildings in Saddam Hussein's hometown Friday, killing one Iraqi and detaining about 20. U.S. officials also announced the capture in Baghdad of one of Saddam's most trusted aides.
The aide, Mizban Khadr Hadi, was a member of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council and had been an adviser to Saddam since the early 1980s. Captured Thursday, Hadi was ranked No. 41 on the U.S. most-wanted list of 55 regime leaders.

Even with President Bush declaring an end to "major combat operations," the raid in Tikrit was the latest of many signs that daunting challenges remain for American forces in Iraq.

Almost daily, U.S. troops exchange gunfire with Iraqis, sometimes as a result of anti-American protests. Lawlessness is rampant, in a land abounding with well-armed citizens and divided loyalties.

Tikrit, the stronghold of Saddam's al-Tikriti clan, has been a center of pro-regime sentiment even as the former government collapsed. U.S. officers say members of Saddam's Baath Party are trying to reorganize to stage attacks on American troops, and one of the men detained Friday was described as a party official.

"Some of these guys are continuing to terrorize people out there, and that's going to take a while to work through," said Lt. Col. Phil Battaglia, commander of the infantry regiment that conducted the raid.

During the raid, troops found several weapons and about $3,000 hidden in various houses, and one Iraqi was killed when he tried to wrest a rifle from an American soldier, U.S. officers said.

The raid, the second in Tikrit in as many days, began shortly after midnight when six Bradley Fighting Vehicles sealed off a residential district. Soldiers broke down gates and doors, forced their way inside and emerged with about 20 men, blindfolded and hands tied behind their backs.

The U.S. military provided few details about the capture of Hadi, who had been promoted by Saddam in March to command military defense in the area that included the Shiite Muslim holy cities of Karbala and Najaf. He has been a minister without portfolio since 1982 and was decorated by Saddam for his services during the 1991 Gulf War and a monthlong Shiite rebellion that followed Iraq's defeat.

No new violence was reported Friday in Fallujah, where seven U.S. soldiers were wounded Thursday in a grenade attack.

That attack was in apparent retaliation for U.S. gunfire earlier in the week that killed 18 people, according to local hospital officials. U.S. officers said their soldiers were defending themselves after being shot at, while residents said the victims were unarmed protesters.

Even a leader of the temporary city administration spoke harshly of the U.S. troops in Fallujah, a Baath Party stronghold 30 miles west of Baghdad.

"After the massacre, we don't believe the Americans came to free us, but to occupy and take our wealth and kill us," said Mohammed Farhan, who is in charge of city security.

One of the U.S. soldiers deployed in Fallujah died Thursday, but not in hostilities. Army officials said the solider from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment - whose name was not released - drowned when a tank plunged into a canal.

In another incident Thursday, an Apache helicopter destroyed a truck after a U.S. drone aircraft spotted four men loading ammunition onto the vehicle on the east side of the Tigris River. The four Iraqis were killed, according to Col. Don Campbell of the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade.

After the attack, 13 Iraqis came to the area and were seen loading ammunition onto other vehicles. Apaches fired on a building where the men took refuge, triggering secondary explosions that suggested ammunition was stored inside, Campbell said.

In Baghdad, elation turned to chaos when a large propane tank exploded while people fired guns in the air to celebrate the return of electricity to their neighborhood. U.S. soldiers who arrived in tanks were confronted by an angry crowd complaining that the troops should have done more to help those injured by the explosion.

President Bush, in his speech Thursday aboard an aircraft carrier returning from the war, said much still needed to be done in Iraq, including restoring order, establishing a democratic government, tracking down Saddam and his top aides, and finding weapons of mass destruction.

Thus far, the U.S. government has rejected proposals to let United Nations weapons inspectors assist the U.S. teams that are searching Iraq for chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

However, other U.N. staff have returned to Baghdad for the first time since the war to assess emergency humanitarian needs. A 21-member team that arrived Thursday included representatives of the World Health Organization, the World Food Program, the U.N. Children's Fund and the U.N. Development Program.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan ordered all U.N. international staff to leave Iraq on March 17, just before U.S.-led forces invaded the country.

Mohammed al-Douri, who as Iraq's U.N. ambassador vigorously defended Saddam's regime before the war, said Thursday that Iraq should now have a democratic government.

"The situation in the region has changed. Democracy is the way to go," al-Douri said in an interview with Dubai-based al-Arabiya television.

Before any new government can win popular support, he said, U.S. forces would have to leave Iraq - "otherwise people will not see this as legitimate and will contest it."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: 9ofhearts; aldouri; baathparty; captured; combover; hadi; iraq; iraqifreedom; khadr; mostwanted; nineofhearts; saddam; tikrit
The aide, Mizban Khadr Hadi, was a member of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council and had been an adviser to Saddam since the early 1980s.

Good Work!!

1 posted on 05/02/2003 1:45:03 AM PDT by OutSpot
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To: OutSpot

Recent additions: 5/02/2003
        Mizban Khadr Hadi
        Revolutionary Command Council member and a top Baath Party leader
       
        ALSO: [some confusion about the 6-of-hearts ...
        Caught TODAY? or caught 4/23?] either way, he is NOW CAUGHT!


Recent additions: 4/29/2003
        Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti
        Governor of Basrah Governate
       
        ALSO: [an unnamed associate of] Abu Musab Zarqawi - Iraq's top Al-Qaeda connections

Iraq's 55 38 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions
See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 5/02am)
Name Position Status
Saddam Hussein President of Iraq/CINC of Military Possibly Dead
Qusay Hussein SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander Possibly Dead
Uday Hussein Saddam Fedayeen Commander
[the older "crazy rapist" son]
Possibly Dead
Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority) At large**
Ali Hasan al-Majid
[aka: "Chemical Ali"]
Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr Believed DEAD
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 At large**
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 At large**
Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti SRG Commander At large**
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 At large
Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi RGFC Chief At large**
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 At large
Latif Nussayif Jasim al Dulaymi Dep Chmn Baath Party At large
Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh OMI Director (WMD Production) At large
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 Captured 5/02/03
Taha Muhyi al-Din MARUF Vice President and RCC Member At large
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 At large
Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi Al Quds Force Chief of Staff At large
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 At large
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. At large
Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Muthanna Gov. At large
Fadil Mahmud Gharib (aka: Gharib Muhammad Fazel) al-Mashaikh BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Babil/Karbala Gov. At large
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 At large
Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Wasit Gov. At large
Adil Abdallah Mahdi BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Dhi Qar Governate At large
Nayif Shindakh Thamir BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Governate At large
Husayn Al Awawi BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Ninawa Governate At large
Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia Karbala Governate At large
- - - Freeper Additions - - -
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 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
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 At Large
Mohammed Saeed Kazim al-Sahaf [aka: "Comical Ali"]
[aka: "Baghdad Bob"]
Minister of Information
[wanted for DNC spokesperson]
On Administrative Leave [reportedly FOUND?]
          **  These nine fugitives were reportedly hiding in Syria
If someone else updates this list, please bump the revision at the top and ping FL_Engineer
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2 posted on 05/02/2003 1:55:10 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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To: FL_engineer
BTT
3 posted on 05/02/2003 1:56:38 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: OutSpot
41: Mizban Khadr Hadi -- Revolution Command Council member. Nine of hearts.

Saddam’s birthplace, commanded by Qusay Hussein, Saddam’s younger son; and the rest of the central region controlled by Mizban Khadr Hadi, of the Revolutionary Command Council.
4 posted on 05/02/2003 1:57:23 AM PDT by kcvl
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To: kayak; just mimi; hoosiermama; terilyn; Dog; mass55th; Brandon; Brad's Gramma; AFPhys; putupon; ...
Iraq's 55 38 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - update ping
5 posted on 05/02/2003 1:59:40 AM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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To: FL_engineer
We're getting them one by one.
Thanks for the ping.
6 posted on 05/02/2003 2:09:31 AM PDT by sistergoldenhair (Don't be a sheep. People hate sheep. They eat sheep.)
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To: OutSpot
"During the raid, troops found several weapons and about $3,000 hidden in various houses"


With almost a billion dollars found recently, this seem almost superfolous and meaningless.
Nice to get another one. Although I do admit I would like to see a 10, Jack, Queen, or King captured or killed. I wonder if they have really "escaped", or were killed in our bombing campaign.



"Before any new government can win popular support, he said, U.S. forces would have to leave Iraq - "otherwise people will not see this as legitimate and will contest it.""


Statements like this are so boring. We aren't going anywhere for a long while. Whenever I see this kind of statement, it's a clear sign of a liberal bent to an article. How about a statement where someone says " I sure hope the Americans find all the weapons of mass destruction so that we free Iraqis don't have to worry about blowing ourselves up or contracting diseases or being overhwhelmed by some nerve gas leakage. I'm going to sure do what I can to HELP the Americans."
Sometimes I just don't want to read what peoples opinions there are, cause so much of the media seems to still be looking for the anti-USA comments to quote. *sigh*
7 posted on 05/02/2003 3:38:51 AM PDT by bart99
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To: bart99
Just read on Foxnews that Taha Yasin RAMADAN al-Jizrawi (10 of hearts) and Taha Muhyi Al-Din Maruf (9 of diamonds) were also captured today.
8 posted on 05/02/2003 6:47:37 AM PDT by JackTom
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To: OutSpot; FL_engineer; Aquamarine
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Another One Bites The Dust

9 posted on 05/02/2003 6:58:46 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Being a Monthly Donor to Free Republic is the Right Thing to do!)
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To: OutSpot
was the latest of many signs that daunting challenges remain for American forces in Iraq.

Quagmire Alert!

10 posted on 05/02/2003 7:11:15 AM PDT by ASA Vet ("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
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To: nopardons
The President is now holding 2 queens and 3 8s. That's a full house so far. Guess that makes him "boss on the board."
11 posted on 05/02/2003 9:31:57 AM PDT by Grim
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To: Grampa Dave

12 posted on 05/02/2003 3:13:01 PM PDT by Aquamarine
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