Tahir Jalil Habbush information

Major General
Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti
Major General Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti
طاهر جليل حبوش
	Habbush as a Major General in 1989
Director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service
	In office; 1995–2003
Preceded by	Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Director of the Directorate of General Security
	In office; 1997–1999
Preceded by	Taha Abbas al-Ahbabi
Succeeded by	Rafi Abdul Latif Tulfah
Personal details
Born	January 1, 1950 (age 74); Iraq
Occupation	Police officer ; Intelligence officer
Awards	Mother of All Battles Medal
Military service
Allegiance	Iraq
Branch/service	Ministry of the Interior
Years of service	1970–2003
Rank	Major General
Unit	Iraqi Police ; Iraqi Intelligence Service
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War; Gulf War; 2003 Invasion of Iraq;

Tahir Jalil Habbush al-Tikriti (Arabic: طاهر جليل حبوش التكريتي; born 1950) is a former Iraqi intelligence official who served under the regime of Saddam Hussein. In 2001, he was Iraq's head of intelligence and as such, informed MI6 in January 2003 (shortly before the start of the Iraq War) that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction.^[1] He was the "Jack of Diamonds" in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards^[2] and is still a fugitive with a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to his capture.^[3] It is believed that al-Tikriti at some point operated from Syria and most likely played a direct role in the day-to-day operations of the insurgency against U.S.-led Coalition forces under the command of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.^[4]

^ Richard Norton-Taylor (March 18, 2013). "MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
^ "Iraq: The spies who fooled the world - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-03-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
^ "Rewards for Justice". Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
^ Nance, Malcolm (2014). The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003–2014. CRC Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1498706896.

[1] Richard Norton-Taylor (March 18, 2013). "MI6 and CIA heard Iraq had no active WMD". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-04.

[2] "Iraq: The spies who fooled the world - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. 2013-03-18. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-11-04.

[3] "Rewards for Justice". Archived from the original on February 15, 2013. Retrieved March 18, 2013.

[4] Nance, Malcolm (2014). The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003–2014. CRC Press. pp. 70–71. ISBN 978-1498706896.

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