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Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman Majid al-Tikrit (Arabic: برزان عبد الغفور سليمان مجيد التكريتي) (born 1 July 1960 in Saladin Governorate)[1] is an Iraqi ex-Republican Guard Commander under Saddam Hussein and member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He was the Queen of Hearts in the Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued to U.S. military troops to help identify most wanted members of Saddam's government during the Second Iraq War.[2] He was captured on July 23, 2003.[3]

Barzan was released from prison on 29 June 2020.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "LIST ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1483 (2003)".
  2. ↑ "Barzan Abdul Ghafoor Sulaiman Majid Al-Tikrit". www.globalsecurity.org.
  3. ↑ "أبرز وجوه النظام العراقي السابق: أين هم الآن؟". BBC (in Arabic). 2 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "الإفراج عن قائد حرس صدام حسين بعد 15 عاما بالسجن". العين الإخبارية. June 30, 2020.
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