Abid Hamid Mahmud at-Tikriti
Abid Hamid Mahmud at-Tikriti († June 7, 2012 ) ( Arabic عبد حميد محمود التكريتي, DMG ʿAbid Ḥamīd Maḥmūd at-Tikrītī ), a distant cousin of Saddam Hussein and his closest confidante, was in his function as the dictator's private secretary as the fourth most powerful man in Saddam Hussein's Iraq . He was sheikh of the two tribes Albu Nasir and Albu Chattab . Abid controlled access to Saddam Hussein and the activities of various secret services .
On June 16, 2003, Abid Hamid Mahmud at-Tikriti was captured by US forces. On June 7, 2012, he was executed for genocide related to the suppression of Iraqi Shiites in the 1980s .
Individual evidence
- ^ Iraq executes Saddam Hussein's aide Abid Hamid Mahmud. In: BBC of June 7, 2012
- ↑ Saddam Hussein's former chief secretary hanged. In: Spiegel Online from June 7, 2012
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tikriti, Abid Hamid Mahmud at- |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iraqi private secretary of Saddam Hussein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 2012 |