Hani Abd Latif Tilfah
Hani Abd Latif Tilfah (born 1962) (Arabic: هاني عبد اللطيف طلفاح التكريتي) is an Iraqi security official during the rule of Saddam Hussein. He was born in 1962 in Tikrit. Tilfah was the last director of the SSO of Iraq from 2002 to 2003. He assisted Qusay Hussein and is a relative of Saddam Hussein.[1]
Hani Abd Latif Tilfah al-Tikriti | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Iraqi Special Security Organization | |
| In office 2002 – 23 May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 58–59) Tikrit, Iraq |
| Political party | Ba'ath Party |
Career
He was the King of Hearts in the deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued by the US government during the war in Iraq. Hani was captured on June 21, 2004.[2][3]
On 6 June 2011, the Supreme Criminal Court of Iraq acquitted Tilfah in the case of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq because of insufficient evidence presented against him.[4]
References
- "IRAQ: The Most Wanted". Council on Foreign Relations.
- "Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations: 2 Mar 2009: Hansard Written Answers". TheyWorkForYou.
- Research, CNN Editorial. "Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts". CNN.
- براثا, وكالة انباء (June 6, 2011). "المحكمة الجنائية تبرئ هاني عبد اللطيف طلفاح في قضية الانتفاضة الشعبانية". وكالة أنباء براثا.
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