Playing Cards: Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards

Accession Number RC01729
Collection number Iraq War Collection 4/1/1
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Collection
Item count 54
Measurement Overall: 8.9 x 6.4 x .9 cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Barrios, Joseph
Boehmler, Scott
Mahoney, Shawn
Mumm, Hans
Salter, Andrei
Place made United States of America
Date made 2003
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Source credit to This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government.
Description

Set of playing cards issued to Coalition troops fighting in Iraq, showing the "Most Wanted" of Iraq's former leadership.

Spades
Ace: Saddam Hussein Al-Tikriti
King: Ali Hasan Al-Majid Al-Tikriti
Queen: Muhammad Hamza Zubaydi
Jack: Ibrahim Ahmad Abd Al-Sattar Muhammad Al-Tikriti
10: Hamid Raja shalah Al-Tikriti
9: Rukan Razuki Abd Al-Ghafar Sulayman Al-Majid Al-Tikriti
8: Tariq Aziz
7: Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmad
6: Amir Rashid Muhammad Al-Ubaydi
5: Watban Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti
4: Muhammad Zimam Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Sadun
3: Sa'd Abdul-Majid Al-Faisal Al-Tikriti
2: Rashid Taan Kazim

Diamonds
Ace: Abid Hamid Mahmud Al-Tikriti
King: Aziz Salih Al-Numan
Queen: Muzahim Sa'b Hasan Al-Tikriti
Jack: Tahir Jalil Habbush Al-Tikriti
10: Taha Yasin Ramadan Al-Jizrawi
9: Taha Muhyi Al-Din Maruf
8: Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim Al-Azzawi
7: Amir Hamudi Hasan Al-Sadi
6: Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti
5: Abd Al-Baqi Abd Al-Karim Abdallah Al-Sadun
4: Yahya Abdallah Al-Ubaydi
3: Muhsin Khadr Al-Khafaji
2: Abil Abdallah Mahdi

Clubs
Ace: Qusay Hussein
King: Izzat Ibrahim Al-Duri
Queen: Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti
Jack: Sayf Al-Din Fulayyih Hasan Taha Al-Rawi
10: Latif Nusayyif Jasim Al-Dulaymi
9: Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti
8: Walid Hamid Tawfiq Al-Tikriti
7: Ayad Futayyih Khalifa Al-Rawi
6: Husam Muhammad Amin Al-Yasin
5: Barzan Ibrahim Hasan Al-Tikriti
4: Samir Abd Ak-Aziz Al-Najim
3: Sayf Al-Din Al-Mashhadani
2: Ugla Abid Saqr Al-Kubaysi

Hearts
Ace:Uday Hussein
King: Hani Abd Al-Latif Tilfah Al-Tikriti
Queen: Barzan Abd Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikriti
Jack: Rafi Abd Al-Latif Tilfah Al-Tikriti
10: Abd Al-Tawab Mullah Huwaysh
9: Mizban Khadr Hadi
8: Sultan Hashim Ahmad Al-Tai
7: Zuhayr Talib Abd Al-Sattar Al-Naqib
6: Muhammad Mahdi Al-Salih
5: Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
4: Humam Abd Al-Khaliq Abd Al-Ghafur
3: Fadil Mahmud Gharib
2: Ghazi Hammud Al-Ubaydi

Joker: Arab Titles
Joker: Iraqi Military Ranks

History / Summary

Unused set of playing cards issued to Coalition troops fighting in Iraq; the backs of the cards feature a desert camouflage pattern, while on the front of each is a photograph and the name of an Iraqi military figure or political leader.

These are the original cards issued to American forces. Several companies then made reproductions of these cards.