Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah
Rafi Abd Latif Talfah al-Tikriti | |
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 Most-wanted Iraqi playing card of Rafi | |
| Director of the General Security | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) Tikrit, Iraq |
| 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: 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 Saddam Hussein's government. A key aide to General al-Douri, Rafi al-Tikriti provided information and actionable intelligence on anti-regime individuals and opposition groups in each governorate of Iraq, particularly Kurdish, Iranian, and Turkmen.[2]
Career
[edit]Rafi was the "jack of hearts" in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards during the Iraq War. As of 2024, 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
[edit]- ^ "IRAQ: The Most Wanted". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ Nance, Malcolm (2014). 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". CNN. Archived from the original on 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations: 2 Mar 2009: Hansard Written Answers". TheyWorkForYou. Archived from the original on 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
- ^ "فيديو | هكذا ردت رغد صدام حسين على حكومة بغداد". وكالة وطن للأنباء. Archived from the original on 2018-02-19. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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