Hani ibn Abd Latif ibn Talfah (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 Special Security Organization of Iraq from 2002 to 2003. He assisted Qusay Hussein and is a relative of Saddam Hussein.[1]

Hani Abd Latif Talfah al-Tikriti
Director of the Iraqi Special Security Organization
In office
2002 – 23 May 2003
Preceded byWalid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Tikrit, Iraq
Political partyBa'ath Party
RelationsRafi (brother)
Khairallah (uncle)
Subha (aunt)
Badra (aunt)
Saddam Hussein (cousin)

Career

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He was the "King of Hearts" in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards issued 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 Hani in the case of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq because of insufficient evidence.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "IRAQ: The Most Wanted". Council on Foreign Relations.
  2. ^ "Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations: 2 Mar 2009: Hansard Written Answers". TheyWorkForYou.
  3. ^ Editorial Research. "Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts". CNN.
  4. ^ براثا, وكالة انباء (6 June 2011). "المحكمة الجنائية تبرئ هاني عبد اللطيف طلفاح في قضية الانتفاضة الشعبانية". وكالة أنباء براثا.
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