"WASHINGTON, April 12, 2003 – Coalition forces in Iraq are using a specially created deck of 55 playing cards to identify the "most wanted" members of Saddam Hussein's regime.

News reports today indicated that Amir Hamudi Hasan Al- Sadi, Saddam's presidential scientific adviser, shown on "7" of diamonds card No. 55, has turned himself in to coalition authorities.

Coalition officials have identified a list of 55 key regime leaders they intend to pursue, kill or capture, Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks, deputy director of operations at U.S. Central Command, said in Qatar April 11. "The list does not exclude leaders who may have already been killed or captured," he noted.

Command officials designed the cards displaying the names, faces and titles of the Iraqis to help soldiers and Marines in the field should contact occur, Brooks said. Each deck has two Jokers, one showing Iraqi military ranks and the other, Arab tribal titles. Saddam Hussein is depicted on the Ace of Spades.

The list is also being distributed throughout Iraq in other forms, such as posters and handbills, which will become more and more visible over the coming days, Brooks said.

"The intent here is to help the coalition gain information from the Iraqi people, so that they also know exactly who it is we seek." " (Linda D. Kozaryn, American Forces Press Service, April 12, 2003)

QUSAY SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI Special Security Organization (SSO) Supervisor/Ba'th Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman

UGLA ABID SAQR AL-KUBAYSI Ba'th Party Regional Chairman for Maysan Governorate

SAYF AL-DIN AL-MASHHADANI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Muthanna District

SAMIR ABD AL-AZIZ AL-NAJIM Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for East Baghdad Governorate

BARZAN IBRAHIM HASAN AL-TIKRITI Presidential Advisor

HUSAM MUHAMMAD AMIN AL-YASIN Head of National Monitoring Directorate (NMD)

AYAD FUTAYYIH KHALIFA AL-RAWI Quds Forces Chief of Staff

WALID HAMID TAWFIQ AL-TIKRITI Governor of Basrah Governorate

JAMAL MUSTAFA ABDALLAH SULTAN AL-TIKRITI Deputy Head of Tribal Affairs Office

LATIF NUSAYYIF JASIM AL-DULAYMI Ba'th Party Military Bureau Deputy Chairman

SAYF AL-DIN FULAYYIH HASAN TAHA AL-RAWI Republican Guard Chief of Staff

KAMAL MUSTAFA ABDALLAH SULTAN AL-TIKRITI Secretary of the Republican Guard & Special Republican Guard

IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DURI RCC Vice Chairman

ABID HAMID MAHMUD AL-TIKRITI Presidential Secretary

ADIL ABDALLAH MAHDI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Dhi Qar District

MUHSIN KHADR AL-KHAFAJI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Qadisiyah District

YAHYA ABDALLAH AL-UBAYDI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Basrah Governorate

ABD AL-BAQI ABD AL-KARIM ABDALLAH AL-SADUN Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Diyala District District

SABAWI IBRAHIM HASAN AL-TIKRITI Presidential Advisor

AMIR HAMUDI HASAN AL-SADI Presidential Scientific Advisor

HIKMAT MIZBAN IBRAHIM AL-AZZAWI Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister

TAHA MUHYI AL-DIN MARUF Vice President RCC Member

TAHA YASIN RAMADAN AL-JIZRAWI Vice President/ RCC Member

TAHIR JALIL HABBUSH AL-TIKRITI Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS)

MUZAHIM SA'B HASAN AL TIKRITI Air Defense Forces Commander

AZIZ SALIH AL-NUMAN Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman Responsible for West Baghdad

UDAY SADDAM HUSAYN National Assembly Member/ Olympic Chairman/ Saddam Feyadeen Chief

GHAZI HAMMUD AL-UBAYDI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Al-Kut District

FADIL MAHMUD GHARIB (AKA: GHARIB MUHAMMAD FAZEL AL-MASHAIKH Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Babil District

HUMAM ABD AL-KHALIQ ABD AL-GHAFUR Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

HUDA SALIH MAHDI AMMASH WMD Scientist/ Ba'th Party Regional Command Member

MUHAMMAD MAHDI AL-SALIH Minister of Trade

ZUHAYR TALIB ABD AL-SATTAR AL-NAQIB Director of Military Intelligence (DMI)

SULTAN HASHIM AHMAD AL-TAI Minister of Defense

MIZBAN KHADR HADI RCC Member

ABD AL-TAWAB MULLAH HUWAYSH Deputy Prime Minister

RAFI ABD AL-LATIF TILFAH AL-TIKRITI Director of General Security(DGS)

BARZAN ABD AL-GHAFUR SULAYMAN MAJID AL-TIKRITI Special Republican Guard Commander

HANI ABD AL-LATIF TILFAH AL-TIKRITI SSO Director Special Security Organization

RASHID TAAN KAZIM Ba'th Party Regional Chairman for Al-Anbar Governorate

SA'D ABDUL-MAJID AL-FAISAL AL-TIKRITI Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Salah Al-Din Governorate

MUHAMMAD ZIMAM ABD AL-RAZZAQ AL-SADUN Ba'th Party Regional Command Chairman for Ta'mim Governorate

WATBAN IBRAHIM HASAN AL-TIKRITI Presidential Advisor

AMIR RASHID MUHAMMAD AL-UBAYDI Presidential Advisor/ Oil Minister

MAHMUD DHIYAB AL-AHMAD Minister of Interior

TARIQ AZIZ Deputy Prime Minister RCC Member

RUKAN RAZUKI ABD AL-GHAFAR SULAYMAN AL-MAJID AL-TIKRITI Head of Tribal Affairs Office

HAMID RAJA SHALAH AL-TIKRITI Air Force Commander

IBRAHIM AHMAD ABD AL-SATTAR MUHAMMAD AL-TIKRITI Iraqi Armed Forces Chief of Staff

MUHAMMAD HAMZA ZUBAYDI Retired RCC Member

ALI HASAN AL-MAJID AL-TIKRITI Presidential Advisor/ RCC Member

SADDAM HUSAYN AL-TIKRITI President

IRAQI TOP 55 (News Release, Headquarters United States Central Command, April 12, 2003)

Name--Position

1. Saddam Hussein--President of Iraq/CINC of Military
2. Qusay Hussein--SSO, SRG & RGFC Commander
3. Uday Hussein--Saddam Fedayeen Commander
4. Abid Hamid Mahmud Al Tikriti--Presidential Secretary (WMD Release Authority)5. Al Hasan Majid--Pres. Advisor, Fmr South Reg Cmdr
6. Izzat Ibrahim al Duri--Vice Chair of the RCC, North Reg Cmdr
7. Hani Abd Latif Tilfa al Tikriti--SSO Director
8. Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Tikriti--RG Secretary
9. Barzan Abd Ghafur Sulayman al Tikriti--SRG Commander
10. Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al Tikriti--Air Defense Force Commander
11. Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al Sattar Muhammad al Tikriti--Armed Forces Chief of Staff
12. Sayf al Din Fulayyih Hassan Taha al Rawi--RGFC Chief
13. Rafi Abd Latif al Tilfah--DGS Director
14. Tahir Jalil Habbush al Tikriti--IIS Director
15. Hamid Raja Shalah al Tikriti--Air Force Commander
16. Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh--OMI Director (WMD Production)
17. Aziz Salih Numan--BP Regional Cmdr/Cmdr BP Militia - Reg Cmd
18. Muhammad Hazmaq al Zubaydi--Central Euphrates Reg Cmdr
19. Sultan Hashim Ahmad al Tal--Minister of Defense
20. Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al Rawi--Al Quds Force Chief of Staff
21. Zuhayr Talib Abd al Sattar al Naqib--DMI Director
22. Abd al Baqi abd Karim al Sadun --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Baghdad
23. Muhammad Zimam Abd al-Razzaq al Sadun --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ta'mim & Ninawa Gov
24. Samir abd al Aziz al Najm --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Diyal Gov.
25. Yahya Abdallah al Ubaydi --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Basrah Gov.
26. Nayif Shindakh Thamir --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov.
27. Sayfal al Din al Mashhadani --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Muthanna Gov.
28. Fadil Mahmud Gharib --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Babil/Karbala Gov.
29. Muhsin Khadar al Khafaji --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Qadasiyah Gov.
30. Rashid Taan Kazim --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Anbar Governate
31. Ugla Abid Sighar al-Kubaysi --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Maysan Governate
32. Ghazi Hamud al Adib --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Wasit Gov.
33. Adil Abdallah Mahdi al Duri al Tikriti --BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Dhi Qar Governate
34. Husayn Al Awawi--BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Ninawa Governate
35. Khamis Sirhan al Muhammad--BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Karbala Governate
36. Sad Abd al Majid al-Faysal--BP Chmn & Cmdr BP Militia - Salah ad Din Gov.
37. Latif Nussayif Jasim al Dulaymi--Dep Chmn Baath Party
38. Taha Yasin Ramadan--Vice President
39. Rukan Razuki abd Al Ghaful Sulayman al Tikriti--Chief of Tribal Affairs
40. Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al Tikriti--Deputy Chief of Tribal Affairs
41. Mizban Khidir Hadi--RCC Member, Reg CDR Central Euphrates Region
42. Taha Muhyl al Din Maruf--Vice President and RCC Member
43. Tariq Aziz--Deputy Prime Minister
44. Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti--Governor of Basrah Governate
45. Hikmat al Azzawi--Dep Prime Minister, Economics & Finance Min.
46. Mahmud Dhiyab al Ahmad--Minister of the Interior
47. Amir Rashid Muhammad al Ubaydi--Former Oil Minister
48. Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih--Minister of Trade
49. Husam Muhammad al-Yasin--National Monitoring Director
50. Sabawi Ibrahim--Baath Party, Saddam Maternal Half Brother
51. Watban Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti--Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother
52. Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al Tikriti--Baath Party, Saddam Half Brother
53. Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash--Party Youth & Trade Bureau Chairman
54. Humam Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafur--Min of Higher Education & Scientific Research
55. Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Sadi--Presidential Scientific Adviser/NMD Dir Gen