Deck No. 41 Captured: U.S. Troops Raid Saddam's Hometown; Capture Senior Regime Official

Associated Press W ^ | May 2, 2003 | By David Rising

[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."

[OutSpot]

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!!

[Future Useless Eater]

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 You can click here to see if there is a pointer to a newer revision.

[nopardons]

BTT

[kcvl]

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.

[Future Useless Eater]

Iraq's 55 38 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - update ping

[sistergoldenhair]

We're getting them one by one.
Thanks for the ping.

[bart99]

"During the raid, troops found several weapons and about $3,000 hidden in various houses"

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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.

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"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.""

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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*

[JackTom]

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.

[Grampa Dave]

Click on the icon below for the appropriate song.

Another One Bites The Dust

[ASA Vet]

was the latest of many signs that daunting challenges remain for American forces in Iraq.

Quagmire Alert!

[Grim]

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."

[Aquamarine]