Tikrit is a city in Iraq,located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It is the administrative center of the Saladin Governorate. As of 2012,it had a population of approximately 160,000.
USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States. One of the fastest ships in the Navy,as proven by her victory during a battlegroup race held in 1985,she was nicknamed "Connie" by her crew and officially as "America's Flagship".
Ali Hassan Majid al-Tikriti,nicknamed Chemical Ali,was an Iraqi politician and military commander under Saddam Hussein who served as defence minister,interior minister,and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service. He was also the governor of Kuwait during much of the 1990–91 Gulf War.
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti,half-brother of Saddam Hussein,was the leader of the Iraqi secret service,the Mukhabarat,at the time of the 1991 Gulf War. He was the head of the Directorate of General Security from 1991 to 1996,and later served as a presidential advisor to Hussein.
Barzan Ibrahim Hassan al-Tikriti,also known as Barazan Ibrahim al-Tikriti,Barasan Ibrahem Alhassen and Barzan Hassan,was one of three half-brothers of Saddam Hussein,and a leader of the Mukhabarat,the Iraqi intelligence service. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam at one time,he was believed to have been a close presidential adviser at the time of his capture by U.S. forces in 2003. On 15 January 2007,Barzan was hanged for crimes against humanity. He was decapitated by the hangman's rope after errors were made calculating his body weight and length of drop from the platform.
USS Oklahoma City (CL-91/CLG-5/CG-5) was one of 27 United States Navy Cleveland-class light cruisers completed during or shortly after World War II,and one of six to be converted to guided missile cruisers. She was the first US Navy ship to be named for Oklahoma City,Oklahoma. Commissioned in late 1944,she participated in the latter part of the Pacific War in anti-aircraft screening and shore bombardment roles,for which she earned two battle stars. She then served a brief stint with the occupation force. Like all but one of her sister ships,she was retired in the post-war defense cutbacks,becoming part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet in 1947.
The Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council was established after the military coup in 1968,and was the ultimate decision-making body in Iraq before the American-led invasion in 2003. It exercised both executive and legislative authority in the country,with the Chairman and Vice Chairman chosen by a two-thirds majority of the council. The Chairman was also then declared the President of Iraq and he was then allowed to select a Vice President. After Saddam Hussein became President of Iraq in 1979 the council was led by deputy chairman Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri,deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz,and Taha Yassin Ramadan,who had known Saddam since the 1960s.
Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary.
The Iraqi Intelligence Service also known as the Mukhabarat,General Intelligence Directorate,or Party Intelligence,was an 8,000-man agency and the main state intelligence organization in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The IIS was primarily concerned with international intelligence collection and analysis but also performed many activities inside Iraq in conjunction with the Directorate of General Security as a secret police organization.
The Iraqi Special Security Organization was the most powerful Iraqi security agency under President Saddam Hussein and was responsible for personal security of high-ranking government officials and presidential facilities. This agency,in an effort to provide security to the regime and assure quality control throughout the intelligence directorates,had the authority to carry out abduction,murder,and intimidation. All was done on direct orders from the Hussein leadership. Its director,Hani Abd Al-Latif Tilfah Al-Tikriti was the seventh most wanted Iraqi government individual by the United States. He was the highest-ranking unpictured person in the U.S. Army most-wanted Iraqi playing cards. He was captured in June 2004.
1st Battalion,4th Marines (1/4) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors. They fall under the command of the 1st Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143),also known as the "Pukin Dogs," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana,Virginia. The Pukin Dogs are an operational fleet squadron and flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet. They are currently attached to Carrier Air Wing One and USS Harry S Truman. They are currently at their homeport of NAS Oceana. Their radio callsign is Taproom.
Ayman Sabawi Ibrahim Hasan is Saddam Hussein's half-nephew and a suspected guerrilla. Ayman's father is Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti,Saddam's half-brother. Ayman was suspected of aiding the Iraqi Insurgency after the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition. He was arrested in early May 2005 during a raid north of Tikrit.
Garland Porter “Gar”Wright Jr. is a retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy. His final active duty assignment was as deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He previously served as Commander Joint Task Force 134,and prior to that as Deputy Chief of the Navy Reserve. He is a 1977 graduate of the United States Naval Academy where he was co-captain of Navy's first national championship Sailing team and named an intercollegiate "All American."
Hardan 'Abdul Ghaffar al-Tikriti was a senior Iraqi Air Force commander,Iraqi politician and ambassador who was assassinated on the orders of Saddam Hussein. Additionally he held the titles of vice chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council and vice president of Iraq.
Carrier Strike Group 5,also known as CSG 5 or CARSTRKGRU 5,is the U.S. Navy carrier strike group assigned to the United States Pacific Fleet and permanently forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet. The Strike Group Flagship is the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) which also embarks Strike Warfare Commander,Carrier Air Wing Five and its nine squadrons. As of June 2015,CSG 5 includes three Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Destroyer Squadron Fifteen,which serves as the Sea Combat Commander and is responsible for seven assigned Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan al-Tikriti is a former Iraqi military officer who served as the commander of the Iraqi Air Defense Forces under the rule of Saddam Hussein from 1999 until 2003.
The Tulfah family was the family of Saddam Hussein of Ba'athist Iraq who ruled from 1979 to 2003 and established a single party authoritarian government under the control of the Ba'ath Party until the invasion by US/UK forces in 2003.
Steven Dane Russell is President and CEO of JAARS,Inc. He is a retired American soldier and former politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 2015 to 2019,after serving in the Oklahoma Senate from 2009 to 2013. Russell is a member of the Republican Party.
Vice Admiral Emmett Hulcy Tidd was a flag officer of the United States Navy.
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