• Source: Hamid Raja Shalah

Hamid Raja Shalah (Arabic: حامد رجا شلاح), also known as Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassan al-Tikriti or Hamid Raja-Shalah Hassum al-Tikriti (born 1950) is a former commander of the Iraqi Air Force under Saddam Hussein.




Career


During Shalah's air force career, he served as a pilot. In the 1980s, during the Iran–Iraq War, Shalah commanded several air bases, including the Kirkuk air base. He rose to three-star rank and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Air Force in the mid-1990s.
He was reported by the United States Central Command to be in coalition custody on June 14, 2003. Prior to his capture, Shalah was number 17 (ten of spades) on the in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. He was held as a prisoner of war until his release in 2007.




References






External links


GlobalSecurity.org - Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti

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• Muammar Z.A.
• Nawawi al-Bantani
• Masjidil Haram
• Adil al-Kalbani
• Hamid Raja Shalah
• Abid Hamid Mahmud
• Uday Hussein
• Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
• Qusay Hussein
• Iyad Futayyih
• Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib
• U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis
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• Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti