The Count: Forty-four of 55 top Iraqi leaders now accounted for

(The number in parenthesis indicates each individual's rank in the revised U.S. most wanted list)

• Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (1): Former president of Iraq; captured by U.S. forces on December 13, 2003 in Dawr, a village near Tikrit.

• Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (2): Saddam Hussein's son; chief of the Special Security Organization and the Special Republican Guard; killed during a firefight with U.S. forces on July 22, 2003 in Mosul.

• Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (3): Saddam Hussein's son; former head of the Iraqi Olympic Committee; reportedly head of the Saddam Fedayeen security force and several Iraqi media outlets; killed during a firefight with U.S. forces on July 22, 2003 in Mosul.
  

• Gen. Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti (4): Former personal secretary and security adviser to Saddam Hussein; could provide information on suspected unconventional weapons programs and on the whereabouts of the former Iraqi leader and his two sons, Uday and Qusay; captured by U.S. forces on June 16, 2003.

• Gen. Ali Hasan al-Majid (5): Known as "Chemical Ali;" Saddam Hussein's cousin and adviser; member of the Revolutionary Command Council and a regional Ba'ath Party commander; known for his role in the use of poison gas against the Kurds of northern Iraq in 1988; his home in Basra was the target of coalition air strikes on April 5, after which he was initially reported to have been killed, however in early June doubts emerged as to the success of the operation; taken into custody by U.S. forces on August 21, 2003.

• Aziz Salih al-Numan (8): Ba'ath Party regional command chairman for west Baghdad and a former governer of Karbala and Najaf; taken into custody by U.S. forces on May 22, 2003. Al-Numan is one of nine Iraqi leaders whom the United States reportedly wants to try for crimes against humanity.

• Muhammad Hamza Zubaydi (9): Former prime minister; highest ranking Iraqi official to be caught so far. The Iraqi National Congress' militia captured Zubaydi on April 20, 2003 and turned him over to U.S. Central Command.

• Gen. Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti (10): Former secretary of the Republican Guard, Saddam Hussein's cousin and one of his most trusted generals; surrendered to coalition forces in Baghdad on May 17, 2003.

• Bg. Gen. Barzan Abd al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid al-Tikriti (11): Former Special Republican Guard Commander; captured in Baghdad by U.S. forces on July 23, 2003.

• Lt. Gen. Muzahim Sa'b Hassan al-Tikriti (12): Former commander of Iraq's air defenses, also reported to have helped train the paramilitary Fedayeen forces; taken into custody by U.S. forces on April 23, 2003.

• Gen. Ibrahim Ahmad Abd al Sattar Muhammad al-Tikriti (13): Served as chief of staff of Iraq's armed forces since 1999; taken into custody on May 15, 2003.

• Lt. Gen. Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti (17): Former commander of the Iraqi Air Force; captured by U.S. forces on June 14, 2003.

• Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi (18): Former member of Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council and former deputy secretary of the Ba'ath Party Military Bureau; taken into custody by U.S. forces on June 9, 2003.

• Gen. Abdel Tawab Mullah Huweish (19): Director of the Military Industrialization Organization, which oversaw most of Iraq's lethal weapons programs; could have knowledge of any clandestine chemical, biological or nuclear programs; taken into custody on May 2, 2003.

• Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi (20): Former Vice-President; captured by Kurdish forces, reportedly in Mosul, and turned over to U.S. forces on August 20, 2003.

• Jamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan al-Tikriti (22): Saddam Hussein's only surviving son-in-law; negotiated his surrender to U.S. forces on April 20, 2003, with the mediation of opposition leader Ahmed Chalabi. Al-Tikriti's official position was deputy head of tribal affairs, but he claimed that for the past year he actually served as the director of the special security organization for the Iraqi intelligence service and as Saddam Hussein's personal secretary.

• Mizban Khudr Al Hadi (23): Member of the Revolutionary Command Council and a high-ranking member of the Ba'ath Party regional command; turned himself in to coalition forces in Baghdad on July 9, 2003.

• Tariq Aziz (25): Iraq's deputy prime minister; surrendered to U.S. Special Operations personnel on April 25, 2003 in Baghdad. Aziz is one of the most familiar members of the Iraqi regime and often served as its chief spokesman to the West. However, he is not from Saddam Hussein's stronghold in Tikrit, and is reported not to be part of Saddam Hussein's inner circle.

• Gen. Walid Hamid Tawfiq al-Tikriti (26): Governor of the southern city of Basra and a member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle surrendered to the Iraqi National Congress on April 29, 2003and was then turned over to U.S. forces.

• Gen. Ahmad al-Jabburi al-Tai (27): Former defense minister; surrendered after negotiation to U.S. forces in Mosul on September 19, 2003; part of Saddam Hussein's inner circle.

• Hikmat al-Azzawi (28): Former finance minister and deputy prime minister; arrested by Iraqi Police officers on April 18, 2003, and turned over to U.S. marines. U.S. authorities hope that Azzawi can provide information on the money that Saddam Hussein stashed away in off-shore accounts and front companies. This was the first arrest by Iraq's reconstituted police force.

• Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad (29): Former interior minister; surrendered to coalition forces on August 8, 2003.

• Iyad Futiyeh al-Rawi (30): Chief of staff of the al-Quds Army, a force of civilians with basic military training set up by Saddam Hussein three years ago; former Republican Guard Commander during the war with Iran. Al-Rawi was taken into custody by U.S. forces on June 4, 2003.

• Lt. Gen. Zuhayr Talib Abd al-Sattar al-Naqib (31): Professional solider and former head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence, the Iraqi equivalent of the Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the Pentagon. Naqib surrendered to U.S. forces in Baghdad on April 23, 2003.

• Lt. Gen. Amer al-Saadi (32): Top science adviser to Saddam Hussein and an expert in chemical and biological weapons; most recently served as a liaison between UNMOVIC inspectors and the Iraqi regime. He surrendered to American forces on April 12, 2003. Saadi played a key role in the development of Iraq's weapons programs in the 1980s and, according to the Associated Press, could have detailed knowledge of its missile and nuclear programs.

• Lt. Gen. Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi (33): One of Saddam Hussein's top advisers, a former oil minister and previously head of Iraq's secret missile programs; Rashid surrendered to U.S. forces on April 28, 2003.

• Lt. Gen. Husam Muhammad Amin al-Yasin (34): Iraq's chief liaison to U.N. weapons inspectors surrendered to U.S. forces on April 27, 2003; considered a key figure who could have detailed knowledge of Iraq's banned weapons programs.

• Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih (35): Iraq's former trade minister; captured by U.S. forces on April 23, 2003.

• Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan (36): Presidential advisor, Saddam's half brother.  Captured February 26,  2005.

• Watban Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti (37): One of Saddam Hussein's three half brothers and a former interior minister; variously reported to be the former head of Iraq's military intelligence. Caught trying to flee to Syria. His capture was announced by Central Command on April 13, 2003.

• Barzan Ibrahim Hasan al-Tikriti (38): One of Saddam Hussein's three half brothers and a former head of Iraqi intelligence; believed to have extensive knowledge of the country's weapons programs. Captured by Special Operations forces in Baghdad on April 16, 2003. Hasan was Iraq's U.N. representative in Geneva in the 1980s and much of the 1990s, during which time he is reported to have been involved in setting up and running front companies that Iraq used to procure weapons materials.

• Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (39): Though officially Iraq's Youth and Trade Bureau Chairman, Ammash is suspected of overseeing the country's clandestine biological warfare program. Ammash held a prominent position in the Ba'ath Party hierarchy, and is the only woman on the military's most wanted list; taken into custody on May 9, 2003.

• Muhammad Zimam abd al-Razzaq al-Sadun (41): Central Ba'ath Party regional chairman of the Ninawah and Ta'mim governorates and a former interior minister; captured by Iraqi police on February 16, 2004.

• Samir Abd al-Aziz al-Najim (42): Ba'ath Party Regional Command Chairman for east Baghdad; captured by Kurdish forces near Mosul and handed over to U.S. forces on April 17, 2003.

• Abd al-Khaliq Abd al-Ghafar (43): Iraq's former higher education and scientific research minister; arrested on April 19, 2003 by coalition troops. According to Haider Ahmed, spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress, Abd al-Ghafar could have information on Iraq's clandestine weapons programs.

• Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani (46): Ba'ath Party regional chairman for the al-Muthanna governorate; captured by U.S. forces on May 24, 2003.

• Fadil Mahmud Gharib (47): Ba'ath Party chairman of the Babil governorate; taken into custody by U.S. forces on May 15, 2003.

• Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji (48): Ba'ath Party chairman of the al-Qadisiyah governorate; turned himself in to Iraqis, who gave him to U.S. forces on February 7, 2004.

• Uglah Abid Saqir al-Kubaysi (50): Ba'ath Party regional chairman; taken into custody by U.S. forces on May 20, 2003.

• Ghazi Hamud al-Adib (51): Ba'ath Party regional chairman and militia commander for the Wasit governorate, which includes the city of Kut; taken into custody on May 7, 2003.

• Adil Abdallah Mahdi al-Duri al-Tikriti (52): Ba'ath Party Chairman for the Dhi Qar governorate; captured by U.S. forces on May 15, 2003.

• Gen. Husayn al-Awadi (53): Top official in the Iraqi military's chemical weapons corps and a Ba'ath Party regional command chairman for the Ninawa governorate; taken into custody by U.S. forces on June 9, 2003.

• Khamis Sirhan al-Muhammad (54): Ba'ath Party regional chairman for the Karbala governorate; captured by U.S. forces on January 11, 2004.

• Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal (55): Ba'ath Party regional chairman for the Salah al-Din governorate; captured by U.S. forces on May 24, 2003.

  
  Other key Iraqi officials now in U.S. custody
  
  
• Emad Husayn Abdullah Ani: Scientist reported to be the "father" of a program to make the nerve agent VX; worked at two key Iraqi chemical weapons plants; led the research and development program at the Muthanna State Establishment, and later ran the Fallujah 2 chemical weapons plant. Ani is also reported to have ties to the Shifa Pharmaceuticals plant in Khartoum, Sudan, against which President Clinton ordered a cruise missile strike in 1998 because of alleged chemical weapons precursor production and connections to al Qaeda. Ani turned himself in to American authorities on April 18.
  
  
• Jaffar Dhia Jaffar: Iraq's top nuclear scientist, who pioneered and led Iraq's nuclear weapons program until 1991, and even beyond, when many believe the program went underground. Jaffar was not forthcoming during preliminary questioning, but his cooperation could provide the United States with knowledge of Iraq's clandestine programs as well as the countries that supplied Iraq with weapons components and expertise. Jaffar turned himself in to U.S. authorities several days (around April 15) after leaving Iraq.
  
  
• Salim Said Khalaf al-Jumayli: Former chief of the American desk of Iraq's intelligence service, known as the Mukhabarat; captured during an operation by U.S. Special Operations forces in Baghdad on April 23.
  
  
• Farouk Hijazi: Once a senior official in Iraq's intelligence service, Mukhabarat; most recently served as ambassador to Tunisia; reported to have links to al Qaeda and to have met with Osama bin Laden in 1998, while serving as ambassador to Turkey. U.S. forces captured Hijazi near the border with Syria on April 25.
  
  
• Rihab Rashid Taha: A British-trained microbiologist known as "Dr. Germ" for her role in running Iraq's secret biological weapons facility that worked with anthrax, botulinum toxin and aflatoxin. Taha surrendered to U.S. forces over the weekend of May 10.
  
  
• Luay Khayrallaha: Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law, a companion to his son Uday and a representative of the former regime's intelligence and security apparatus; captured by coalition forces on May 16.
  
  
• Sawawi Ibrahim Hasan: Former Presidential adviser to Saddam Hussein.