After the American-led invasion of Iraq, the army superimposed photos of Saddam Hussein and other “most wanted” Iraqi officials onto playing cards, and distributed the images to the media. As a result, the media would occasionally report the arrest of the “Ace of Diamonds,” or the “Five of Hearts,” essentially allowing the armed forces to turn a manhunt into a game show.
A U.S. sergeant named Mark Heinbaugh was posted at Camp Cropper, where the rounded-up Iraqi leaders were temporarily held. Heinbaugh got his hands on one of the Army’s decks and thought it would be neat to ask the motley crew of politicians, generals, soldiers and scientists to autograph his cards. Astoundingly, they all agreed, right down to Saddam himself.
From Yahoo News:
Mark’s other signed cards were of Saddam’s cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti - dubbed Chemical Ali for his use of chemical weapons. He was the king of spades. He is now on death row for the massacre of 200,000 Kurds.
Saddam’s cigar-smoking deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz was the eight of clubs. Mark said he was “living in a mess” at the camp, throwing his unfinished food on the floor and leaving it to rot. Aziz has lung disease and is so ill that he is expected to die before his trial.
[…] The infamous ‘Anthrax Annie’ - Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash the five of hearts, used her card to protest her innocence.
She scribbled: “Leadership? Yes. Scientist? Indeed. But WMD??!! By no means. A truth that’ll shine one day . . . by the grace of god not far away.”
Methinks it’s just a matter of time before these end up on eBay.
Story via Fark.
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