| Rafi Abd Latif Talfah al-Tikriti | |
|---|---|
| |
| Most-wanted Iraqi playing card of Rafi | |
| Director of the General Security | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 Tikrit, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iraqi |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
| Relations | Hani (brother) Khairallah (uncle) Subha (aunt) Badra (aunt) Saddam Hussein (cousin) |
Rafi ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Talfah (Arabic language: رافع عبد اللطيف طلفاح التكريتي; born in 1954 in Tikrit) was the last head of the Iraqi Directorate of General Security secret police force at the end of President Saddam Hussein's reign. A maternal cousin of Saddam,[1] Rafi went into hiding during the Iraq War, when a United States-led Coalition invaded the country and overthrew Hussein's government. A key aide to general al-Douri, Rafi al-Tikriti provided information and actionable intelligence on antiregime individuals and opposition groups in each governorate of Iraq, particularly Kurdish, Iranian, and Turkmen.[2]
Career[]
Rafi was the jack of hearts in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards developed by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency during the war in Iraq. As of 2020, he is still at large.[3][4]
In 2018, Iraqi authorities published a list of the 60 most-wanted people, among them Rafi.[5]
References[]
- ↑ "IRAQ: The Most Wanted". https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/iraq-most-wanted.
- ↑ Nance, Malcolm (2014) (in English). The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003–2014. CRC Press. pp. 76-77.
- ↑ "Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts". https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-most-wanted-fast-facts/index.html.
- ↑ "Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations: 2 Mar 2009: Hansard Written Answers". https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-03-02f.257964.h.
- ↑ "فيديو | هكذا ردت رغد صدام حسين على حكومة بغداد". https://www.wattan.net/ar/news/238741.html.
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