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US NABS THREE-OF-HEARTS
Sky News ^ | 22:19 UK, Tuesday May 13, 2003

Posted on 05/13/2003 5:54:17 PM PDT by yonif

US forces have taken into custody a Ba'ath Party member who was ranked 28 on America's list of the 55 most wanted Iraqis.

Regional command member Fadil Mahmud Gharib was captured in the last 24 hours, a US defence official said on Tuesday.

US Central Command identified Gharib as a member of toppled President Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party regional command and chairman for the Babil district.

He also was known as Gharib Muhammad Fazel al-Mashaikh.

It brings to 21 the number of people on the list who are in US custody, with another three dead.

Defence officials did not provide details about how or where they apprehended Gharib, designated as the three of hearts in a deck of cards given by the US military to troops to aid their search for Iraqi fugitives.


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KEYWORDS: 3hearts; 3ofhearts; captured; gharib; iraq; mostwanted; threeofhearts
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1 posted on 05/13/2003 5:54:17 PM PDT by yonif
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2 posted on 05/13/2003 5:55:02 PM PDT by yonif
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Another one bites the dust. Only 28 more to go.
3 posted on 05/13/2003 5:57:06 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999
Guess it's 31. I forgot this deck has 55 instead of 52.
4 posted on 05/13/2003 5:57:37 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: yonif
Yeah!! We're getting them.
5 posted on 05/13/2003 5:58:15 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: FL_engineer
3 of Hearts, buddy!
6 posted on 05/13/2003 5:59:15 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: McGavin999
>>Another one bites the dust. Only 28 more to go. <<


Isn't it better than 28 to go?

After all it was 30 something to go not that long ago.

They've since Captured Mrs. Antrax, Dr Germ and her husband Mr. Missile. Who was this guy anyway? Mr Torture and dismemberment?

7 posted on 05/13/2003 5:59:26 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: McGavin999
I forgot this deck has 55 instead of 52.

Lots of jokers.

8 posted on 05/13/2003 6:00:00 PM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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To: yonif
BTTT
9 posted on 05/13/2003 6:00:48 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
Sooner or later, one of these birds is going tell where the mystery vat of poison is buried. At least I hope so.
10 posted on 05/13/2003 6:02:59 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
I was wondering whether this was Oklahoma or Iraq?
11 posted on 05/13/2003 6:11:03 PM PDT by Credo
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To: yonif
Are we talking Iraqi deck or Texas deck?

I'd like to see Trey Martinez Fischer in cuffs.
12 posted on 05/13/2003 6:12:24 PM PDT by Bogey78O (check it out... http://freepers.zill.net/users/bogey78o_fr/puppet.swf)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
At least I hope so.

So do I, not especially for GW's vindication (which I do wish for him), more because I don't want to see evil people doing evil things.....and they will.

13 posted on 05/13/2003 6:39:11 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: yonif
From Fox News:

Baath Party Commander, Culture Minister in U.S. Custody

Another Baath Party (search) regional commander was taken into custody in Iraq Tuesday as the U.S. military's deck of cards of Iraq's 55 most wanted gets thinner.

Iraq's former culture minister also was in U.S. hands.

Fox News has learned that an Iraqi government operative, identified as Fadil Mahmud Gharib (search), is now under the control of U.S. forces. He was listed as No. 47 on the U.S. Central Command's (search) list of top Iraqi regime members being sought. Gharib is the "three of hearts" in the deck.

Gharib's picture is not shown on the card, like it is for most other top regime members wanted by the coalition.

But he was part of the Baath Party's regional command, in charge of the "Babil District."

Although he's not on the list of 55, the newly confirmed capture of former Culture Minister Hamed Youssef Hamadi (search) is significant, senior military officials say, because they hope he can shed some light on what happened to some of the country's most important missing artifacts.

After U.S. troops rolled into Baghdad and the regime was toppled, rampant looting took place and many precious artifacts from the country's museums were stolen.

Hamadi, one military official told Fox News, was No. 116 on the list of the top 200 most sought-after Iraqi officials.

Senior defense officials told Fox News that U.S. forces on average capture or accept the surrender of one to two leaders a day. The fugitives are then taken into custody in Iraq.

Other negotiations are taking place to round up about 200 other members of Saddam Hussein's regime.

Fox News' Ian McCaleb, Bret Baier and Chris Wright contributed to this report.

14 posted on 05/13/2003 6:39:20 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: yonif

Recent additions:
        5/13/03 - Fadil Mahmud Gharib
        Regional Commander and Ba'ath Party chairman for the Babil district
       
       ...Also captured: Hammed Youssef Hammadi -former Minister of Culture
       ...[No.116 on the list of the top 200 Iraqi's wanted]


Recent additions:
        5/12/03 - Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al-Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti
        Iraqi Armed Forces CHIEF OF STAFF
        IMHO - This man could sign unconditional surrender documents,
        and order all resistance fighters to surrender
        He was the highest facecard not rumored to be killed or hiding in Syria!


        5/12/03 - Dr. Rihab Taha [Dr. Germ]
        architect of Iraq's bio WMD program

Iraq's 55 32 Most Wanted Scoreboard - - and Freeper additions
See the DOD website for photos. Note their joker card has an Iraqi SURNAME explanation         (Revised: 5/13pm)
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 Captured 5/12/03
Sayf al-Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al-Rawi RGFC Chief At large**
[or maybe dead? see note2]
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) 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 Captured 5/02/03
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 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 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. 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. 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 At large
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 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 In Custody 5/12/03
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
          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.


15 posted on 05/13/2003 6:49:50 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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To: kayak; just mimi; hoosiermama; terilyn; Dog; mass55th; Brandon; Brad's Gramma; AFPhys; putupon; ...
Straight FLUSH - Iraq's 55 32 Most Wanted Scoreboard
16 posted on 05/13/2003 6:53:41 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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BTTT! Good news.
17 posted on 05/13/2003 6:55:04 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: FL_engineer
Woohoo!! Moving right along one creep-ola at a time :-)

Thanks for the ping!
18 posted on 05/13/2003 6:59:17 PM PDT by Tamzee (A half-truth is a whole lie .......Yiddish Proverb)
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To: yonif; All
...the number of people on the list who are in US custody, with another three dead.

I only know of 1 most likely dead... WHO KNOWS THE THREE NAMES?

19 posted on 05/13/2003 7:03:34 PM PDT by Future Useless Eater (Freedom_Loving_Engineer)
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"The house of cards is falling" BTTT
20 posted on 05/13/2003 7:04:36 PM PDT by steveegg ("I have instructions to tell you that our relations have been degraded." - WH official to French)
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