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Post 1945, Iraq, Gulf War. Personality Identification Playing Cards, 2003

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Selected playing cards from the United States produced "Personality Identification Playing Card" set and examples from the Australian produced "Weapons Identification" playing card set.

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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 6 January 2025, all but four of the 52 most wanted have either died or been captured, eleven of whom have been released.

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