Fine Art Print : Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, ace of spades playing cards, issued by USA, during coalition war in Iraq, 2003 invasion, Iraqi Most Wanted
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, ace of spades playing cards, issued by USA, during coalition war in Iraq, 2003 invasion, Iraqi Most Wanted
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, ace of spades playing cards, issued by USA, during coalition war in Iraq, 2003 invasion, Iraqi Most Wanted Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards During the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Hussein's government, mostly high-ranking members of the Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party or members of the Revolutionary Command Council; among them were some of Hussein's family members. The cards were officially named the "personality identification playing cards". As of 2021, all but 4 of the 52 most wanted have been either killed or captured, eleven of whom have been released. Each card contains the wanted person's address and, if available, the job performed by that individual. The highest-ranking cards, starting with the aces and kings, were used for the people at the top of the most-wanted list. The ace of spades is Saddam Hussein, the aces of clubs and hearts are his sons Qusay and Uday respectively, and the ace of diamonds is Saddam's presidential secretary Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti. This strict correspondence to the order of the most-wanted list was not carried through the entire deck, but sometime later in 2003, the list itself was renumbered to conform (almost) to the deck of cards. The card backs feature camouflage reminiscent of that seen on the Desert Camouflage Uniform. According to US Navy Lieutenant commander Jim Brooks, a spokesman for the Defense Intelligence Agency, such playing cards have been used as far back as the American Civil War & again in World War II—Army Air Corps decks printed with the silhouettes of German and Japanese fighter aircraft fetch hundreds of dollars today—and in the Korean War. Troops often play cards to pass the time, seeing the names, faces and titles of the wanted Iraqis during their games will help soldiers and Marines in case they run into the wanted individuals in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards#List_of_cards
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Fine Art Print 21"x14" (+3" Border)
21x14 image printed on 27x20 Fine Art Rag Paper with 3" (76mm) white border. Our Fine Art Prints are printed on 300gsm 100% acid free, PH neutral paper with archival properties. This printing method is used by museums and art collections to exhibit photographs and art reproductions.
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 53.3cm x 32.8cm (21" x 12.9")
Estimated Product Size is 68.6cm x 50.8cm (27" x 20")
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