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Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib

Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib

Iraqi intelligence officer (c.1948–2020)

For disambiguation, see Abdus Sattar.

Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib (Arabic: زهير طالب عبد الستار النقيب; c. 1948 – 15 June 2020)[1] was the last director of military intelligence in Iraq before the 2003 invasion US-led of Iraq.

Biography

Al-Naqib surrendered to Lieutenant Brian Wirtz (1-41 FA, 3ID) on 23 April 2003. He was the "seven of hearts" on the US-led coalition's deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[2] He suffered from vision loss while in prison.[3] He died on 15 June 2020 in Amman, Jordan.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    List established pursuant to security council resolution 1483 (2003)
  2. [2]
    "CNN BREAKING NEWS: "Seven of Hearts" Captured; Four U.S. Soldiers Accused of Stealing Cash Found in Baghdad". CNN. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  3. [3]
    "تنعي الفريق الركن زهير طالب عبد الستار النقيب". thiqar.net (in Arabic). 15 June 2020.
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