Cast of Characters

Saddam Hussein and His Closest Family

Saddam Hussein, born on April 28, 1937

Subha Tulfah al-Musallat, his mother, died in 1983

Hussein al-Majid, his natural father, died before Saddam’s birth

Ibrahim al-Hassan, his stepfather

Khairallah Tulfah, his uncle and mentor

Sajida Khairallah Tulfah, Saddam’s wife, married in 1963

Uday, son, born in 1964

Qusay, son, born in 1966

Raghad, daughter, born in 1968

Rana, daughter, born in 1969

Hala, daughter, born in 1972

Hussein Kamel al-Majid, son-in-law married to Raghad, born in 1954

Saddam Kamel al-Majid, son-in-law married to Rana, born in 1960

Sabawi al-Tikriti, half brother, born to his mother and stepfather in 1947

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, half brother, born in 1951

Watban al-Tikriti, half brother, born in 1952

Samira Shahbandar, Saddam’s paramour and rumored second wife

In Saddam’s Government

Tariq Aziz, Saddam’s principal external envoy

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Revolutionary Command Council

Nizar Hamdoon, ambassador in Washington and at the U.N.

Jafar Dhia Jafar, physicist and nuclear program leader

Abid Hamid Mahmud, Saddam’s personal secretary

Ali Hassan al-Majid (“Chemical Ali”), Baath Party commander, minister, and governor

Taha Yassin Ramadan, Revolutionary Command Council

In the Iraqi Opposition

Ayad Allawi, medical doctor and leader of the Iraqi National Accord

Ahmad Chalabi, banker and leader of the Iraqi National Congress

Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party

Wafiq al-Samarrai, former general in military intelligence and C.I.A. liaison

Hussain Al-Shahristani, physicist and humanitarian activist

Mohammed Abdullah Shawani, former Iraqi special forces commander

Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

At the C.I.A.

Frank Anderson, head of Middle East operations under George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton

Robert Baer, operations officer specializing in the Middle East

William Casey, director under Ronald Reagan

John Deutch, director under Bill Clinton

John Maguire, case officer in Amman under Bill Clinton, deputy head of the Iraq Operations Group under George W. Bush

David Manners, Amman station chief

Bruce Riedel, Middle East analyst and White House policy adviser

Luis Rueda, head of the Iraq Operations Group under George W. Bush

Charles “Charlie” Seidel, Baghdad station chief

George Tenet, director under Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

Thomas “Tom” Twetten, Amman station chief, later head of Middle East operations and deputy director of operations

At the State Department

William Eagleton, ambassador to Iraq for Ronald Reagan

April Glaspie, ambassador to Iraq for George H. W. Bush

David Mack, senior diplomat in Iraq and Washington

David George Newton, ambassador to Iraq for Ronald Reagan

Joseph Wilson, deputy chief of mission in Iraq under George H. W. Bush

At the Pentagon

Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton, secretary of state under George W. Bush

Rick Francona, Defense Intelligence Agency liaison to Baghdad

W. Patrick “Pat” Lang, Middle East analyst and Defense Intelligence Agency liaison to Baghdad

At the White House

Samuel “Sandy” Berger, national security adviser to Bill Clinton

Richard Haass, Middle East adviser to George H. W. Bush

Martin Indyk, Middle East adviser to Bill Clinton

Anthony “Tony” Lake, national security adviser to Bill Clinton

Robert “Bud” McFarlane, national security adviser to Ronald Reagan

Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser to George W. Bush

At the United Nations

Rolf Ekéus, director of the U.N. Special Commission to disarm Iraq

Hans Blix, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Charles Duelfer, deputy director of the U.N. Special Commission

Scott Ritter, inspector at the U.N. Special Commission