He was captured by Coalition Forces Wednesday near Baghdad. Al-Numan was the former governor of occupied Kuwait and commander of Popular Army in Kuwait. According to indict.org, a war crimes victims' organization, he ordered the execution of Iraqis who rose up against Saddam Hussein's regime just after the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
Coalition forces also took Ugla Abid Saqir al-Kubaysi into custody this week. Saqir was a former Baath Party Regional Chairman in the Maysan Governorate. He is No. 50 on the U.S. Central Command "Iraqi Top 55" list.
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