This strict correspondence to the order of the most-wanted list was not carried through the entire deck, but sometime later in 2003, the list itself was renumbered to conform (almost) to the deck of cards. The ace of spades is Saddam Hussein, the aces of clubs and hearts are his sons Qusay and Uday respectively, and the ace of diamonds is Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti.
The highest-ranking cards, starting with the aces and kings, were used for the people at the top of the most-wanted list. As of 2021, all but four of the 52 most wanted have either died or been captured, eleven of whom have been released.Ībout the cards Rashid Taan Kazim playing card Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah playing cardĮach card contains the wanted person's address and, if available, the job performed by that individual. The cards were officially named the ' personality identification playing cards'. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking members of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party or members of the Revolutionary Command Council among them were some of Hussein's family members. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States–led coalition, the U.S.
