Rafi' Daham Al-Tikriti

Who was Rafi' Daham Al-Tikriti?

Rafi' Dahham Mejwel Al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein's second cousin, Member of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, Director of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, the former Iraqi Ambassador to Turkey, and former Head of the Iraqi Secret Services, which is equivalent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation when conducting domestic activities. He was one of the well known political figures in Iraq. The former Iraqi Government during Saddam Hussein era announced his official death on the 11 Oct.1999 where he was buried in Tikrit which is the home town of many senior members of the Iraqi government at the center of the province of Salah ad Din.