Muzahim Saab Hassan

{{Short description|Iraqi military officer}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2012}}

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General

| name = Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan al-Tikriti

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}

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| birth_place = Al-Awja, Tikrit, Kingdom of Iraq

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| image = MG Muzahim Sa'ab.jpg

| caption = Sa'ab in 1989

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| allegiance = {{flag|Iraq|1963}}

| branch = {{air force|Iraq}}
24px Iraqi Air Defence Force

| serviceyears = 1973—2003

| rank = 25px Lieutenant General

| commands = Air Defense Forces

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| battles = Iran-Iraq War
Gulf War
1991 uprisings in Iraq
Iraq War

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}}

Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan al-Tikriti ({{langx|ar|مزاحم صعب حسن التكريتي}}; born 1949) is a former Iraqi military officer who served as the commander of the Iraqi Air Defense Forces under the rule of Saddam Hussein from 1999 until 2003.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11155798|title=Iraq's most wanted - where are they now?|work=BBC News|date=September 11, 2012}}

He was the "Queen of Diamonds" in the US deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and was taken into custody on 23 April 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/muzahim_sab_hasan.htm|title=Muzahim Saab Hasan al-Tikriti|work=GlobalSecurity.org|accessdate=2009-09-11}}{{cite web | url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1013029 | title=Playing Cards: Iraqi Most Wanted Playing Cards }}

The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal issued a warrant against Hassan for crimes committed during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq.

Muzahim Sa'ab Hassan was released from custody in April 2012.

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