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Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. military developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking Baath Party members or members of the Revolutionary Command Council. Troops often play cards to pass the time, and seeing the names, faces and titles of the wanted Iraqis during their games will help soldiers and Marines in case they run into the wanted individuals in the field, Brooks said. The deck of cards was first announced publicly in Iraq on April 11th 2003, in a press conference by Army Brig. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards   (1362 words)

BBC NEWS Middle East Iraq's most wanted Saddam Hussein was the Ace of Spades in the United States' set of 55 playing cards depicting "the most-wanted members of the former Iraqi regime". The 67-year-old deputy prime minister is one of the most well-known faces of the former regime in the West. War crimes claims against the Iraqi leader include genocide of the Kurds, "ethnic cleansing" in which tens of thousands of Kurds, Turkmen, Assyrians around the oil-rich city of Kirkuk were expelled as part of an "Arabisation" programme, mass civilian executions after the Kurdish and Shia uprisings in 1991, and religious persecution. news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/2939125.stm   (1349 words)

Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As of February 27th 2005, the date news of his arrest was made public, he held the six of Diamonds position in the most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, and was number 36 on the top 55 most wanted Iraqis list. Syria has been repeatedly charged with protecting former Iraqi officials, a charge which the Syrian government has always denied. Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, half brother of Saddam Hussein, was leader of the Iraqi secret service, the Mukhabarat, at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sabawi_Ibrahim   (240 words)

Home Page Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards Welcome to our Military page for the hard to find Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards talked about by United States Army Brigadier General Vincent Brooks on April 11th, 2003 broadcast on all the news channels and newspapers around the world. We have different versions of the USA made, casino quality playing cards and not those cheap, dime a dozen Chinese fakes, you find everywhere. And this deck of cards is one example of what we provide to soldiers out---soldiers and marines out in the field---with the faces of the individuals and what their role is. In this case, there are 55 cards in the deck." iraqimostwantedplayingcards.com   (262 words)

Original Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards About the Original Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards: "The cards were made by the U.S. military... [a playing card company executive] who hasn't seen the Iraqi cards other than in a photo said they don't appear to be "real playable cards. This is a replica of the deck given to Coalition soldiers featuring Iraq's 52 "Most-Wanted" leaders. www.schoolunif.com /orirmowaplca.html   (208 words)

Legion XXIV - Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards Legion XXIV - Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards THIS NOW WELL KNOWN DECK OF CARDS WAS PRODUCED BY THE UNITED STATES PLAYING CARD COMPANY TO BE ISSUED BY THE DEFENSE INTELLEGENCE AGENCY AND THE U.S. As of September, 2004, 43 of the 55 "Iraqi Most Wanted" had been captured or killed. Those cards with a known disposition are listed, otherwise those "Still at Large" are listed. www.legionxxiv.org /iraqmostwanted   (311 words)

Iraqi most wanted cards already hot item - Apr. 16, 2003 Vincent Brooks held up a deck of playing cards at an April 11 press briefing in Qatar, a roomful of journalists saw a clever way to package images of the Iraqi leadership. The cards were designed "to provide a reminder of key Iraqi personnel of interest and to provide a recreational resource for troops in the field," according to the Department of Defense. The cards would also provide a handy code for soldiers to refer to enemy personnel, he said, in case someone might be listening. money.cnn.com /2003/04/14/pf/saving/iraq_cards   (1020 words)

CNN.com - Since Iraqi 'Most Wanted', political playing cards turn up in force - Feb. 7, 2004 The first "Most Wanted" deck made available to the public was an unqualified success for U.S. Playing Cards of Cincinnati, said Vice President of Sales Scott Kling, although he would not disclose sales figures. But when it came to Iraq's "Most Wanted" playing cards, the military wonks were way ahead of the pack. Officials at the Defense Intelligence Agency, which originally conceived of the Iraq cards, said they simply wanted a useful tool for soldiers in the field. www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/07/cards.ap   (820 words)

Iraqi most wanted playing cards. Liberty offers authentic playing cards. This faithful reproduction of the original deck includes all 52 wanted Iraqi personalities, plus the two Jokers featuring the famous Hoyle™ Joker, and is suitable for all card games. The cards were developed to get into the field so special forces could become familiar with the personalities that needed to be apprehended. Thus, these card decks are the only authentic reproductions of the original 200 decks issued to the military that contained the Hoyle™ Jokers. www.liberty.com /iraqiplayingcards.html   (180 words)

GreatUSAFlags.com Articles - The Columbus Dispatch - April 24, 2003 The cards are replicas of the 200 decks distributed to U.S. troops identifying 55 Iraqis sought by the military, topped by Saddam himself as the ace of spades. The reason: The cards unveiled by the Pentagon include the image of a Hoyle joker, which is copyrighted by the U.S. Playing Card Co. Unlike the original military cards, which have squared corners, these are plastic-coated with rounded corners, more suitable for game-playing. www.walkersands.com /The-Columbus-Dispatch-041903.htm   (646 words)

Playing Cards ONLY $4.95 Welcome to WWW.IRAQPLAYINGCARDS.COM Your official site for the Iraqi "MOST WANTED" playing cards.These are... The U.S. Military's "MOST WANTED" Iraq Playing Cards. Bicycle Playing Cards are one of the oldest - they've been around since 1885 - and most recognizable brands of playing cards sold in the United States. www.inneans.com /games/Playing-cards.html   (644 words)

George Bush - Ace of Clubs This is in reference to the controversial most wanted Iraqi' playing cards issued by the US military to promote the American Crusade against the people of Iraq. Every time I hear Bush's rhetoric I think of the little Iraqi boy with his arms blown off by American troops, or the contents of a girl's skull oozing out on to the desert sand with her dead eyes looking onto a futile battlefield. I also think of the soldier's mother learning that her son or daughter will be coming home in a body bag. www.thebushadministration.com /bush.html   (269 words)

Trading Cards: American Crusade 2001+ Other political trading cards on the net include Russian Leaders and Eclipse's classic Friendly Dictators, both firmly in the satire camp, and now joining them are Tom Tomorrow's "War On Terror" Trading Cards from his excellent regular comic, This Modern World. They are not on real playing card stock, and the corners are not even rounded. But alas, there also exist the highly commercial and scarily unironic Topps Enduring Freedom cards cheering on the current war upon Afghanistan, and the old Topps Desert Storm rah-rah cards from the Persian Gulf War as well. yorick.infinitejest.org:81 /1/cards.html   (801 words)

Iraqi Cards These 55 Most Wanted Iraqi Playing Cards are just like the cards given to thousands of our troops in Iraq. Command officials designed the cards – displaying the names, faces and titles of the Iraqis – to help soldiers and Marines in the field should contact occur. Most Wanted Iraqi decks feature Saddam Hussein, Qusai Hussein, Odai Hussein, Mohammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, and many other Iraqi leaders. www.tricitywholesale.com /iraqi_cards.htm   (161 words)

History of the decks Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards The US Playing Card Co., the manufacturer producing an 'authentic' set of the military version of the playing cards, used two of their own distinctive cards, trademarking those cards after the military 'borrowed' the template. When you buy the playing cards that some of the troops are buying, there are two U.S. card manufacturers and one foreign card manufacturer (who wants to remain anonymous, who I am familiar with) that made casino quality cards and they all have a distinctive mark on the jokers. The DOD stated the personality identification cards were produced "to provide a reminder of key Iraqi personnel of interest and to provide a recreational resource for troops in the field," "We try to have things that have dual use whenever we can," stated a Central Command spokesman, U.S. Army Major Randi Steffy. www.iraqimostwantedplayingcards.com /Historyofthedecks.html   (2529 words)

ipedia.com: Qusay Hussein Article Qusay was the ace of clubs in the coalition forces' most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, just behind his father. Iraqi dissidents claim that Qusay Hussein was responsible for the killing of many political activists. Qusay was thought to head the internal security forces, possibly the Iraqi Intelligence Service (SSO) and had some authority over the Iraqi Republican Guard and other Iraqi military units. www.ipedia.com /qusay_hussein.html   (798 words)

Iraqi most wanted Solitaire by virtualsined.com Default is "off" since more than half of the "Iraqi most wanted" are now in custody. Choose "Options > cards from the pile > 3" to turn every third card from the pile instead of picking each card. Portraits crossed in red are those of Iraqis captured (at the date above). www.virtualsined.com /wanted   (328 words)

Replica Iraqi Playing Cards The U.S. Government only distributed 200 original decks of the "Iraqi Most Wanted" playing cards to military personnel. We are a playing card store for card collectors and players and will continue to look for more variations of these Iraqi Playing Cards from our "competitors" so that we can offer them. Newt's Iraqi Most Wanted are made by Carta Mundi and are one of the first www.newtonsnovelties.com /market/replica.htm   (2723 words)

DefenseLINK News: DoD News Briefing, Friday, 11 Apr 2003 - 2:00 pm Iraqis share a laugh with a U.S. Army soldier. A U.S. Marine stands with an Iraqi farm boy during a humanitarian visit. Happy Iraqis pose with a U.S. Army soldier. www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr2003/g030411-D-6570C.html   (100 words)

EGO: 04/01/2003 - 04/30/2003 This is not an actual update of the "Iraqi Most Wanted" list, but I guess that the United States Central Command will publish a news release in the near future... I still believe that Iran is the most important target in the war against terrorist nations, but as the situation is now, maybe it is best to attack Syria as soon as possible. The former Iraqi Minister of Interior had already been reported as captured... egoist.blogspot.com /2003_04_01_egoist_archive.html   (3211 words)

ATVriders Forums - Iraqi's Most Wanted Playing Cards Basically, they have the faces or descriptions of most wanted men in Iraq on the cards. You can still play regular card games with these cards since there is numbers, jacks, aces ect on them. ATVriders.com will play no role whatsoever in transactions initiated by individuals acting on their own behalf in the Classifieds section. www.exriders.com /vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=60404   (546 words)

most wanted iraqis playing cards … The Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards are both historical and hysterical. … deck of 55 playing cards to identify the "most wanted" members of … the names, faces and titles of the Iraqis to help … Personality Identification Playing Cards. 4/12/2003 - WASHINGTON -- Coalition forces in Iraq are using a specially created deck of 55 playing cards to identify the "most wanted"......(Continue Reading) edward-norton.net /most-wanted-iraqis-playing.html   (532 words)

Iraqi cards now from Norwood Norwood's U.S. Playing Card Co. is now making a line of Iraqi Most Wanted playing cards on sale at www.greatusaflags.com. The cards featured pictures of Iraqi government and military officials, with Saddam Hussein as the Ace of Spades. But the cards also featured a "Joker" image taken from U.S. Playing Card's Hoyle brand. www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/04/22/biz_buzz22.html   (184 words)

WSVN-TV - Iraqi's Most Wanted Playing Cards Pictures of Iraqi fugitives, rolling off the presses at Liberty Playing Card Company in Texas-- printing Iraq's most wanted list, on a deck of cards. A royal flush and a full house take on a whole new meaning when you're playing with iraq's most wanted. Now, orders for the hot cards are pouring in and the company is cranking out 5-thousand a day. www.wsvn.com /news/articles/extra/C18872   (196 words)

The United States Playing Card Company commemorative reproduction of the Iraqi Most Wanted playing card Iraqi Most Wanted decks for Commercial Sale from USPC by sending an This faithful reproduction of the original deck includes all 52 wanted Iraqi www.usplayingcard.com /iraqdeck.html   (254 words)

GOP Republican Most Wanted Iraqi Playing Cards Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards of Looted Museum Art Iraqi Most Wanted Cards Update After Saddam's Capture Note: My apologies to those of you that have inquired about purchasing individual decks of cards, but I have been unable to find a printer in the USA, i.e., not one who is brave enough to produce my cards anyway. www.internetweekly.org /iwr/cartoons/cartoon_gop_playing_card_list.html   (172 words)

Iraqi "most wanted" playing cards for sale online Iraqi "most wanted" playing cards for sale online Playing cards featuring portraits of "Iraq's most wanted", intended to help coalition soldiers identify high-ranking officials of Saddam Hussein's regime, are now being offered for sale on the internet. Featuring Saddam Hussein and his sons Qusay and Uday, the deck lacks the capricious Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, made famous in recent weeks for such outrageous statements as "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis", and "our initial assessment is that they will all die". technology.nzoom.com /cda/printable/1,1856,183583,00.html   (117 words)

U.S. Playing Cards Printing Iraqi Most Wanted Decks A Tri-state company finds itself in the middle of what has turned out to be quite a novelty as they are printing playing cards with Iraq's 52 most wanted regime members as the faces. Well, inside the deck there were two joker cards with the same "joker" as used on one of the U.S. Playing Cards brands. The U.S. Playing Cards Company has sent a letter to the Department of Defense about the "joker" but has not received a response. www.wcpo.com /news/2003/local/04/21/cards.html   (359 words)

Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards Computer Game Released GRANTS PASS, Ore., April 28, 2003-- Silver Creek Entertainment announces the release of Iraqi Most Wanted Solitaire, a free Windows PC Solitaire game combined with the sought-after Iraqi most wanted playing cards that details the Iraqis that the US military is searching for. This solitaire game includes all of the cards from the infamous most wanted deck given to our armed forces. Iraqi Most Wanted Solitaire can be downloaded for free on the Internet at is website: http://www.iraqimostwantedsolitaire.com www.ereleases.com /pr/2003-04-28b.html   (239 words)

Tim Blair: GET YOUR Most Wanted Iraqi GET YOUR Most Wanted Iraqi playing cards from UK manufacturer Firebox, who also provide these military card factoids: The cards were deliberately scattered in the jungle and in hostile villages during raids. The playing card idea is not a new one. timblair.spleenville.com /archives/002363.php   (170 words)

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