Rafi Abd Latif Tilfah Explained

Rafi Abd Latif Talfah al-Tikriti
Order:Director of the General Security
Birth Place:Tikrit, Iraq
Nationality:Iraqi
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

Rafi was the "jack of hearts" in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards during the Iraq War. As of 2020, 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IRAQ: The Most Wanted. Council on Foreign Relations. 2020-07-23. 2019-05-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20190523222937/https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/iraq-most-wanted. live.
  2. Book: Nance, Malcolm. The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003–2014. CRC Press. 2014. 76-77. English.
  3. Web site: Iraq Most Wanted Fast Facts. CNN. 2020-07-23. 2020-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20200721065637/https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/meast/iraq-most-wanted-fast-facts/index.html. live.
  4. Web site: Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations: 2 Mar 2009: Hansard Written Answers. TheyWorkForYou. 2020-07-23. 2018-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180715011432/https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2009-03-02f.257964.h. live.
  5. Web site: فيديو | هكذا ردت رغد صدام حسين على حكومة بغداد. وكالة وطن للأنباء. 2020-07-23. 2018-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031727/http://www.wattan.tv/news/238741.html. live.