Tahir Jalil Habbush
Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti is the former head of Iraqi intelligence.
Habbush was appointed head of Iraqi intelligence in 1999, shortly after an assassination attempt on Uday Hussein which may have been related to the death of his predecessor.[1]
He was one one 14 officials reportedly blacklisted by the US in the run-up to the Iraq War in January 2003.[2] He was the jack of diamonds in a deck of cards produced by the US in April 2003 featuring wanted members of Saddam Hussein's regime.[3] Later that month, members of Iraq's Dulayn tribe reportedly contacted former CIA officer Robert Baer in an attempt to arrange a meeting between Habbush and the US.[4]
References
- ↑ Death of intelligence head linked to Uday assassination attempt, BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, October 16, 1999.
- ↑ IRAQI OPPOSITION SOURCE ON US "BLACKLIST" OF BAGHDAD WAR CRIMINALS, BBC Monitoring International Reports, January 10, 2003.
- ↑ Who's Who in Iraqi Most Wanted Deck, Associated Press Online, April 11, 2003.
- ↑ Saddam's intelligence chief tried to arrange meeting with US: report, Agence France Presse, 22 April 2003.
