ABID HAMID MAHMUD (1957 TO JUNE 7, 2012)

            On this date, June 7, 2012, Abid Hamid Mahmud, who was one of Saddam Hussein’s Henchman was executed by hanging. I will post information about him from Wikipedia. 

Abid Hamid Mahmud [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.clicktogamble.com/cards/Iraq/Ace-Diamonds.html]

Personal Secretary to the President
Appointed by	Saddam Hussein
Personal details
Born	1957
Died	7 June 2012 (aged 55)
Political party	Ba'ath Party

Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti (c. 1957 – June 7, 2012) was an Iraqi military officer under Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.

Career

Mahmud began his military career as an non-commissioned officer and rose through the ranks, becoming part of Hussein's personal bodyguard, and finally, his personal secretary.

A distant cousin of Hussein, observers regarded Mahmud as being Hussein's right hand man, in constant contact with him and acting as a gatekeeper to access to the leader: He was trusted. With Saddam's son Qusay Hussein, he headed the Iraqi Special Security Organization.

He was designated ace of diamonds in the US administrations most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and fourth on the most-wanted list after Saddam and his sons Uday and Qusay.

He was captured in a joint raid by special operations forces and the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment of 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, in June 2003. At the time it was recognized as the "greatest success" since the end of major hostilities, and a sign that Saddam Hussein might soon be found.

On April 29, 2008, he appeared before the Iraq Special Tribunal set up by the Iraq Interim Government and stood trial with six others including Tariq Aziz, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan and Sabbawi Ibrahim al-Hassan.

On October 26, 2010, he was sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal after being found guilty of organising a crackdown against banned political parties in Iraq in the 1980s and 1990s, including assassinations and unlawful detentions.

On June 7, 2012, he was executed by hanging, according to a spokesman of the Iraqi Ministry of Justice.