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Saddam Hussein
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Status: Captured without a shot fired on December 13, 2003, at a rural home outside his hometown of Tikrit. The former Iraqi dicator was found at the bottom of a six-foot hole. Saddam is the ace of spades in in U.S. Central Command's deck of playing cards of the 55 most-wanted regime members. (Full story)
Command: Supreme Commander-in-Chief
Details: President since July 16, 1979, Prime Minister since May 1994
Born April 28, 1937 near Tikrit, Iraq
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Saddam Hussein in a video taken by coalition authorities after his capture.
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Qusay Hussein
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Status: Killed in a firefight in Mosul, Iraq, on July 22, 2003, after a raid by U.S. Special Forces soldiers supported by the 101st Airborne Division and Air Force assets on a residence near the northern edge of the city. Qusay was the ace of clubs in U.S. Central Command's deck of playing cards of the 55 most-wanted regime members. His brother Uday also was killed in the raid. (Full story)
Command: Supervisor of Republican Guard, Special Republican Guard, head of Iraqi Special Security Organization
Details: Born in 1966, he is Saddam's second son and is said to be first in line to succeed his father.
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Staff Gen. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al Jabburi Tai
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Status: After nearly a week of negotiations, Ahmad surrendered September 19, 2003, to the 101st Airborne Division in the northern city of Mosul, according to U.S. Central Command. He is the eight of hearts in Central Command's deck of playing cards of the 55 most-wanted regime members. (Full story)
Command: Army's Minister of Defense since 1995 in the Hussein regime
Details: He served Saddam during the 1980-1988 war with Iran and later in the 1991 Gulf War, signing the cease-fire that ended it. Ahmed began his career in military intelligence after graduating from Baghdad's National Security Institute in 1975.
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Lt. Gen. Ali Hassan al-Majid
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Status: U.S. forces announced on August 21, 2003, that he was taken into custody but did not disclose details. (Full story)
Command: Member of the Revolutionary Command Council
Details: A cousin of Saddam and one of his closest advisers, he was considered Saddam's troubleshooter and chief enforcer. He is known as "Chemical Ali" as he is believed to have ordered a chemical weapons attack against Kurds in 1988 to suppress their rebellion in 1988. He also served as governor of occupied Kuwait in 1990 and 1991 and most recently was governor of south Iraq. In April 2003, coalition officials believed he was killed in a coalition air strike on his house but later had to retract that claim. He later was thought to have been in hiding in northern Iraq, possibly in Tikrit, the home of his clan.
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Izzat Ibrahim
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Status: Whereabouts unknown. He is the king of clubs in U.S. Central Command's deck of playing cards of the 55 most-wanted regime members.
Command: Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
Details: Born in 1942, he has long been one of Saddam's closest advisers. He helped plot and carry out the 1968 coup that made Saddam secretary and acting deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council and eventually brought Saddam to power. In 1999 Ibrahim traveled to Austria for medical treatment. He left quickly after he was threatened with arrest on human rights charges.
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Taha Yasin Ramadan
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Status: Officials with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said their forces had captured Ramadan in the northern city of Mosul on August 18, 2003, and handed him over to the U.S. military. He is the 10 of diamonds in U.S. Central Command's deck of playing cards of the 55 most-wanted regime members. (Full story)
Command: Vice President
Details: Helped plot and carry out 1968 coup that eventually brought Saddam to power. Ramadan is an ethnic Kurd who is believed to have coordinated the brutal suppression of the 1991 Shia rebellion in southern Iraq.
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