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Kamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan | |
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Native name | كمال مصطفى عبد الله السلطان |
Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Tikrit, Iraq |
Allegiance | Ba'athist Iraq |
Commands | Republican Guard |
Battles / wars | 1991 uprisings in Iraq |
Kamal Mustafa Abdullah Sultan al-Tikriti (Arabic: كمال مصطفى عبد الله السلطان; born 1952)[1] was the Secretary General of the Republican Guard under the rule of Saddam Hussein. He was taken into custody on 17 May 2003.[2] His brother, Jamal Mustafa Abdullah, was Saddam Hussein's son-in-law.
He was the "Queen of Clubs" , in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.[citation needed]
On 6 June 2011, Abdullah was sentenced to death for his role in the violent repression of a Shiite uprising in 1991.[3]