One of the most searched for items on this site has been "Abed Hamid Mahmoud / Abed Hameed Hmoud"
I don't know why, so many people should be hunting on the internet for news or information or a photo of Saddam Hussain's personal secretary, from Tikrit?

Anyway, I am re-posting some links below which provide this information, mostly in the form of a gallery of photos and thumbnail sketches of Saddam's Inner Circle.

Saddam's Circle of Power
NBC10.com

Saddam Hussein - Leader of Iraq
Wives
Sajida Khayrallah (also Saddam's cousin) - First Wife
Samira Shahbandar - Rumored Second Wife
Sons
**Qusay Hussein - Saddam's Heir Apparent
**Uday Hussein - Other Potential Heir Apparent
Daughters
Raghad, Rana and Halan - Not Seen In Public
Cousins
**Gen. Ali Hassan - AKA "Chemical" Ali
**Abed Hameed Hmoud - Trusted Personal Secretary
Half-Brothers
**Barzan, Sabawi and Watban Ibrahim - Held High Posts At One Time
Confidants
**Gen. Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri - Military #1, Trusted Aid
**Gen. Taha Yassin Ramadan Top Aid, Old Confidant -
**Tariq Aziz - Deputy Prime Minister
**Aziz Saleh Nuhman - Former Kuwait Governor
**Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi - Former Prime Minister

Saddam Hussein's inner circle(With photo)
The Guardian, Photogallery, Sept 18, 2002

Qusay
President's younger son, 36. Heir apparent and a trusted confidant.He has wide-ranging powers over Iraq's military apparatus, including the Republican Guard, intelligence and internal security.

Abed Hamid Mahmoud
Saddam Hussein's personal secretary, who comes from his home town, Tikrit.

Ali Hassan al-Majid
The president's cousin is known as 'chemical Ali' for his involvement in atrocities against the Kurds.A leading participant in the 1996 family massacre after President Saddam's son-in-law, Hussein Kamil, defected to Jordan, betrayed Iraq's weapons secrets, and then returned to Baghdad.

Ezzat Ibrahim
Deputy chairman of the revolutionary command council, close to Saddam Hussein.

Tariq Aziz
Deputy prime minister, has survived as an adviser for more than 20 years. Mr Aziz was born to a Christian family in 1936. Some attribute his survival to hsi lack of a power base in Iraq, which means he presents no threat to President Saddam.

Taha Yassin Ramadan
Hawkish vice-president, one of Saddam Hussein's key foreign policy advisers.

Naji Sabri
Foreign minister and a key member of President Saddam's inner circle.


Another gallery of photos of Saddam's Inner Circle (including sons Qusay, Uday, and Abed Hamid Mahmoud)
USAToday.com

Saddam's Inner Circle:
(An MSNBC interactive): Roll Over the photos (after you've clicked on the link) to learn more about the men behind the dictator

Qusay Hussein, Uday Hussain, Abed Hameed Hmoud, Lt. Gen. Ali Hasan Al-Majid, Tariq Aziz, Naji Sabri, Izzat Ibrahim, Taha Ramadan.

Source: Global Security.org, AP, BBC News Monitoring
- posted by ARYABHATT @ 8:49 pm