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April 23, 2003
Fox News: Three top officials in the Saddam Hussein regime have been captured, including "Queen of Diamonds," Muzahim Sa'b Hasan Al Tikriti, who was commander of the Air Defense Forces. Another official who was not in the Iraq Deck 55 was captured in a special forces raid, according to Fox. See highlights from this Reuters story and this AP report below. Update: AP has updated the story to include all four officials. The officials are Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti (#10 most wanted/ Queen of Diamonds), Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib (#21 most wanted/7 of Hearts), Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih (#48 most wanted/6 of Hearts) and Salim Said Khalaf al-Jumayli, who was not on the 55 most wanted list. The latest, most complete AP Story American forces in Iraq captured four top officials of Saddam Hussein's former government Wednesday, including the air defense force commander and the former head of military intelligence. ****** Gen. Zuhayr al Naqib, who headed military intelligence in President Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government, surrendered to U.S. forces in Baghdad on Wednesday, while another former official was captured, U.S. defense officials said. The former head of Iraqi military intelligence surrendered to U.S. forces in Baghdad Wednesday, a senior Pentagon official said.Posted By Martin Devon at April 23, 2003 06:06 PM | TrackBack Sha-wooo! That was close. I was nervous we might not get another card dealt out today... Hit Me... Hit me again...I'll hold. Do we have a full house yet? Posted by: michele at April 23, 2003 06:26 PMThe four captured officials apparently include Sir Not Appearing in this Movie. Posted by: BH at April 23, 2003 06:28 PMThere needs to be some kind of game associated with this. We could guess the type of hand most likely to be dealt. Posted by: Phil Hornsey at April 23, 2003 07:03 PMEven if we don't get a full house right away, it's already got the makings of an awesome game of WAR! ;) Posted by: SR at April 23, 2003 08:37 PMIf I were commander of Iraqi air defenses I wouldn't admit it. Maybe I would say I was Saddam's butler. Posted by: Fred Boness at April 23, 2003 08:40 PMFred, considering what we are learning about Saddam, I would not under any circumstances want to admit being a part of Saddam's household, and close enough to him that he trusted me. Think aobut it. Posted by: Jrm at April 23, 2003 09:11 PMJrm, it's sort of like being accused of being a child molester and copping to being just a flasher as a defense. None of these guys are going to want any of the last thirty years on their resumes. Posted by: Fred Boness at April 23, 2003 10:10 PMPost a comment
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