In April 2003, the
United States
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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 card
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s for distribution to
United States-led Coalition troops. Later, in 2003, the list was renumbered so that it mostly conformed to the order of the playing cards (see
most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ran ...
).
List
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* Total 55
* Dead: 32
* Imprisoned: 6
* Released: 13
* At large: 4
See also
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2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was a United States-led invasion of the Republic of Iraq and the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion phase began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground) and lasted just over one month, including 26 ...
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2003 Iraq war timeline
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Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ran ...
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Torture and murder in Iraq
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USA kill or capture strategy in Iraq
References
External links
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Personality Identification Playing Cards - a
U.S. Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...
page showing the most wanted Iraqi playing cards
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'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq - news article
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