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| Arrest Warrants Issued for 12 Top Iraqi Suspects | ||
| 2004-06-29 | ||
The Iraqi Special Tribunal has announced arrest and detention warrants for 12 prominent figures already in U.S. custody.
1. Saddam Hussein; president; detained Dec. 13 2. Ali Hasan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali for his role in chemical weapons attacks against the Kurds; Number five on the most wanted list; detained Aug. 21 3. Aziz Saleh al-Numan; Baath Party Baghdad regional command chairman; number eight on the most wanted list; detained May 22, 2003. 4. Barzan Ibrahim al-Hassan al-Tikriti; presidential adviser and Saddam's half brother; number 38 on the most wanted list; allegedly the chief organizer of a clandestine group of companies and funds handling Saddam's money; detained April 16, 2003. 5. Kamal Mustafa Abdullah al-Tikriti; secretary of the Republican Guard; Saddam's son-in-law; number 10 on the most wanted list; detained May 17, 2003 6. Muhammed Hamza al-Zubaydi; retired revolutionary command council member; a leader of the 1991 suppression of the Shiite rebellion; number nine of the most wanted list; detained April 20, 2003. 7. Sabir Abdul Aziz Al-Douri; governor of Baghdad; head of military intelligence during the 1991 Gulf War; detention date not known. 8. Abid Hamid Mahmoud al-Tikriti, presidential secretary; he oversaw personal security force; detained June 16, 2003. 9. Sultan Hashim Ahmad; defense minister; number 27 on the most wanted list; detained Sept. 19. 10. Taha Yassin Ramadan; Iraqi vice president; revolutionary command council member; number 20 on the most wanted list; detained Aug. 20 11. Tareq Aziz; former deputy prime minister; former foreign minister; number 25 on the most wanted list; Detained April 25, 2003. 12. Watban Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti; presidential adviser and Saddam's half brother; detained April 13, 2003
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Ok, I've looked around a bit and I think you are right, .com. The phrase "detention date not known" is a strange way to say "we ain't got 'em". Perhaps it means "we'll get him, no doubts about that". Maybe it is translated from the Arabic, a grandiloquent and effusive verbiage for "nope, don't got 'im, yet". Just looks strange to me. And confusing for those of us with slower synaptic responses. Heh. |
| Posted by: Quana 2004-06-29 11:01:52 PM |
| #8 Quana - I'm 99% certain "Red" Al Douri isn't in custody - they'll try him in absentia, I believe. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-29 10:29:18 PM |
| #7 I particularly like seeing Tareq Aziz (11) on the list. Somehow the smooth sophisticated spokesmen who spend their time schmoozing with diplomats at the U.N. and lying in press conferences in elegant and correct English piss me off more than the more obvious thugs. |
| Posted by: Dr. Weevil 2004-06-29 10:23:22 PM |
| #6 That is very interesting. Al-Douri seems to be in custody. I don't remember ever seeing that reported on the news. Except for a red herring about his capture several months ago (or I thought it was a red herring!)...then later, no, seems no one had any information about Al-Douri's capture. I think that was after Saddam's capture. Within a few days, anyway (too darn lazy to look it up). This morning I saw his name listed among the indictees. I wondered then if they'd caught him or he was just being indicted in absentia. I thought I just missed it, but the phrase "dentention date not known" pretty much says it all. (Unless it means they don't know when they'll catch him...haha) If they do indeed have Al-Douri and that wasn't public knowledge until now...well, that clears up some mysteries, fer sure. |
| Posted by: Quana 2004-06-29 6:05:35 PM |
| #5 Speaking of Sammy, I was wondering how much information we squeezed out of him. I know that any public statements would be disinformation, probably, especially if we said that we did not get much out of Sammy. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-06-29 5:18:15 PM |
| #4 Iraq will get legal custody of Saddam, but the US will get to see him every other weekend. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-06-29 3:26:29 PM |
| #3 "here's a shovel, dig up that IED over there...yes, you can do it....quit yer crying dammit!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-29 10:41:09 AM |
| #2 They're gonna need a lot of rope. If they don't have enough of that, electricity will do. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-29 10:34:25 AM |
| #1 Suspects? Alleged perpetrators? They are assisting the authorities in their investigation. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-06-29 10:19:28 AM |