Inside How Saddam Hussein Was Caught

The day after Baghad fell to the 3d Infantry Division and the 1st Marine Division on 10 April 2003, the U.S. military began distributing special packs of playing cards featuring the photos, names, and job titles of Iraq's 55 "most-wanted." The decks were designed to help Coalition soldiers identify and apprehend high-ranking members of the regime. Saddam Hussein's visage appeared on the Ace of Spades. He was last seen in public in a north Baghdad neighborhood on the 9th. Sometime later, the Iraqi dictator escaped from the city in a convoy of vehicles, accompanied by his sons, Uday (the Ace of Hearts) and Qusay (the Ace of Clubs).