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