DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 13, 2015 Saddam Hussain's former spokesman Mohammad Saeed al Sahhaf, better known in the UK as Comical Ali, is terminally ill according to his Wiki page. This video - dated November 2014 - shows him hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates. However the conversation is in Arabic and has Swedish subtitles... I'd be surprised if he'd died and not get a mention anywhere, but he does look very unwell in that footage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted April 17, 2015 Sounds like good news... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32347036 Saddam's number 2, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, (the King of Clubs) looks like his number was finally up, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 17, 2015 Saddam Hussain's former spokesman Mohammad Saeed al Sahhaf, better known in the UK as Comical Ali, is terminally ill according to his Wiki page. This video - dated November 2014 - shows him hospitalised in the United Arab Emirates. However the conversation is in Arabic and has Swedish subtitles... I'd be surprised if he'd died and not get a mention anywhere, but he does look very unwell in that footage. APPARANTELY HE WAS RECENTLY INTERVIEWED HOOKED UP TO A LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, DIALYSIS MACHINE AND HEART MONITOR WITH TUBES EVERYWHERE KEEPING HIM ALIVE. . HE SAYS HE'S JUST FINE AND WILL BE OUT OF HOSPITAL SOON. SAME OLD ALI THEN ! . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted April 17, 2015 Please don't shout. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted August 13, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted August 14, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Probably both names are correct. Al-Takriti is the clan name, which Saddam Hussein (abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) also belonged to. Al-Hassan is some descended family, or maybe the father's name was Hassan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 14, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Probably both names are correct. Al-Takriti is the clan name, which Saddam Hussein (abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) also belonged to. Al-Hassan is some descended family, or maybe the father's name was Hassan. That's precisely how the name game works in the Middle East. "Al-" means "Son of" (or just OF I guess) for the sake of argument. No different than the Norse (Lief ERICson) or even a fine Scotch-Irish "Mac/Mc".SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted August 14, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Probably both names are correct. Al-Takriti is the clan name, which Saddam Hussein (abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) also belonged to. Al-Hassan is some descended family, or maybe the father's name was Hassan. That's precisely how the name game works in the Middle East. "Al-" means "Son of" (or just OF I guess) for the sake of argument. No different than the Norse (Lief ERICson) or even a fine Scotch-Irish "Mac/Mc".SC I'm pretty sure "Al" means "the"."Son" would be "ibn" or "bin", I believe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest droosy Posted August 14, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Probably both names are correct. Al-Takriti is the clan name, which Saddam Hussein (abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) also belonged to. Al-Hassan is some descended family, or maybe the father's name was Hassan.That's precisely how the name game works in the Middle East. "Al-" means "Son of" (or just OF I guess) for the sake of argument. No different than the Norse (Lief ERICson) or even a fine Scotch-Irish "Mac/Mc".SC I'm pretty sure "Al" means "the"."Son" would be "ibn" or "bin", I believe. All Saddam´s ministers looked the same, so a) all are related, all Iraqis look the same or c) Saddam employed only his look-alikes for fear of being assassinated Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 14, 2015 And in more Saddam related news, Watban Ibrahim Al-Hassan, a former minister and half-brother of Hussein has died of an "incurable disease". He had been under sentence of death since 2009 - saved the state doing it, it seems. http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2455648&language=en Edit: Wiki has him as Al-Takriti rather than Al-Hassan but quotes the same article. Not sure of these naming things in the Middle East, but hey. Probably both names are correct. Al-Takriti is the clan name, which Saddam Hussein (abd al-Majid al-Tikriti) also belonged to. Al-Hassan is some descended family, or maybe the father's name was Hassan.That's precisely how the name game works in the Middle East. "Al-" means "Son of" (or just OF I guess) for the sake of argument. No different than the Norse (Lief ERICson) or even a fine Scotch-Irish "Mac/Mc".SC I'm pretty sure "Al" means "the"."Son" would be "ibn" or "bin", I believe. There may well be regional or secular differences as well. IBN (unless it's ibin a separate word) means 'I am', as in 'ibn Arab' or I am Arabic. But I don't profess to know all the differences. I think you are right about 'bin'. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted August 14, 2015 Along those lines, I liked to terrorize the Arabic community restaurants. Did you know there are totally different words in Halibut and Chaldean? I know, neither did I.For instance, and the one I use commonly, 'shawarma' (Chaldean) is 'gus' like the name in Halibut. No white Euro-descended person would know this at least when I was in Detroit. So I'd go into the Arabic restaurants and order 'gus' which sent a message to the waiter that I was in with a terrorist organization. The look on their faces.... SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted November 23, 2015 Saddam Hussein's judge Rauf Rashid Abd-al Rahman declared dead, again: http://www.albawaba.com/loop/twitter-claims-saddam-husseins-judge-has-died%E2%80%94again-771784 The third time this year, and confirmation is almost impossible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,956 Posted May 19, 2018 Saddam's loyalist officer Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi, who was the Seven of Clubs in the Most wanted Iraqi playing cards, has died of a stroke aged 76 while in custody. This seems legit, but Arabs tend to resurrect often... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,144 Posted May 19, 2018 What about Comical Ali, is he still alive? Was rumoured to be at death's door several years ago, but did we ever hear any more? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,956 Posted May 19, 2018 33 minutes ago, Toast said: What about Comical Ali, is he still alive? Was rumoured to be at death's door several years ago, but did we ever hear any more? No. Apparently still going, but no source since 2014. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,978 Posted December 27, 2018 About Comical Ali, the man who was supposedly dying in 2014, and who was supposedly Comical Ali, has supposedly died in February, according to Ali's Wikipedia, supposedly. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,956 Posted December 27, 2018 42 minutes ago, gcreptile said: About Comical Ali, the man who was supposedly dying in 2014, and who was supposedly Comical Ali, has supposedly died in February, according to Ali's Wikipedia, supposedly. They used a Yemeni source. Doubtful as usual... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,057 Posted July 19, 2020 On 16/10/2007 at 02:15, Guest Guest said: Sultan Hashim Ahmed and Hussein Rashid Al-Tikriti will also be executed tomorrow. Congrats to the teams who picked them on the DDP when they are executed! Reports coming in that Sultan Hashim (former Defence Minister and NOT executed by the Iraqi regime) has now died, possibly of a heart attack, in the jail: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,754 Posted October 26, 2020 After al-Douri's death, how many of Saddam's high ranking officers /officials or whatever are alive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted October 26, 2020 54 minutes ago, arghton said: After al-Douri's death, how many of Saddam's high ranking officers /officials or whatever are alive? Tahir Jalil Habbush al Tikriti former head of Iraqi Intelligence still alive and on the run according to Wiki. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIP Wee Jum 1,559 Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, arghton said: After al-Douri's death, how many of Saddam's high ranking officers /officials or whatever are alive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219 Posted October 26, 2020 This is one of those threads where you can see scraping the barrel done to an art form. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted October 27, 2020 Al-Douri was the last high profile name still at large. There were two lists compiled. The Most Wanted Iraqi playing cards (52 names), and the slightly larger U.S. List of Most Wanted Iraqis (55 names). It’s the same 5 still at large on both lists: Kazim, Hani Tilfah, Rafi Tilfah, Habbush and Saif al-Rawi. Nobody is really looking for these people. They weren’t high profile or central to Saddam’s regime as such. 17 years have passed. It’s possible they’ll continue to evade capture and die in (relative) freedom like al-Douri. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,754 Posted October 31, 2020 Saddam's guys alive (atleast the more known ones): Hamid Raja Shalah (b. 1950) Air marshal and ten of spades. Served his sentence Mahmud Dhiyab (b. 1953) Diplomat and seven of spades. Served his sentence Amer Mohammad Rashid (b. 1939) Oil minister under Saddam, six of spades. Served his sentence Kamal Mustafa Abdullah (b. 1955) Secretary General of the Republican guard, queen of clubs. Sentenced to death in 2011. Said Al-Din Al-Rawi (b. 1949) Republican guard commander, jack of clubs. Still at large Larif Nassif Jassim (1941-2021) Minister of labor, culture etc, ten of clubs. Life imprisonment. Jamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan (b. ?) deputy head of tribal affairs. Released June 2020 Walid Hamid Tawfiq (b. 1954) governor of Basra, released June 2020. Husam/Hossam Amin (b. 1953/1958) national monitoring directorate head, served his sentence Samir Abdul Aziz al-Najim (b. 1937/1938) held several positions, currently imprisoned? Hani Abd Latif Tilfah (b. 1962) special security organization director and king of hearts. At large. Barzan Sulayman Majid (b. 1960) special republican guard commander, released 2020. Rafi Tilfah (b. 1954) director of general security, at large Muhammad Mahdi Salih (b. 1947/49) minister of trade, served his sentence and living in Jordan Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (b. 1953) Ms. Anthrax, only female on the list, served her sentence. Aziz Salih (b. 1941/1945) Ba'ath party branch command chairman, sentenced to death in 2011. King of diamonds Muzahim al-Tikriti (b. unknown) air defence forces commander, released 2012 Tahir Jalil Habbush (b. 1950) intelligence service, at large. Jack of diamonds Amir Hamudi Hasan al-Saadi (b. 1938) man behind Iraq's superweapons program? Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (b. 1940) Comical Ali. Mohammed Younis al-Ahmed (b. 1949) Current Ba'ath party leader? Family: Sajida Talfah (b. 1937) Saddam's wife and Iraq's first lady Raghad Hussein (b. 1968) oldest daughter Rana Hussein (b. 1969) daughter living in Jordan. Hala Hussein (b. 1972) third daughter Samira Shahbandar (b. 1946) Second wife, former Iraqi Airways flight attendant Ali Hussein (b. 1983/1987) Hussein's only alive son with Shahbandar Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim (b. 1971) half-nephew, guerrila fighter Kuwait: Alaa Hussein Ali (ca. 1948-) Prime Minister of the Republic of Kuwait (Saddam's puppet regime) 4th to 8th of August 1990, called "Kuwaiti Quisling" 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
