Rashid Taan Kazim
{{Short description|Iraqi politician}}
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| name = Rashid Taan Kazim
| native_name = رشيد طعان كاظم
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| caption = Most-wanted Iraqi playing card of Rashid Taan
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| birth_name = Rashid Taan Kazem al-Azzawi
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| party = Iraqi Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
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Rashid Taan Kazem al-Azzawi ({{langx|ar|رشيد طعان كاظم العزاوي}}){{cite web|author=الاسم |url=https://ar.mehrnews.com/news/73715/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B5%D9%84-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%8823-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7 |title=البعث يعود للعمل السياسي ويفصل (صدام) و23 قيادياً - Mehr News Agency |publisher=Ar.mehrnews.com |date= 27 April 2004|accessdate=2022-01-08}} is a prominent leader in the Ba'ath Party, where he held the position of official of the party's organizations in Anbar Governorate as well as Governor of Anbar during former President Saddam Hussein's rule.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2010/09/100902_iraq_playcards_tc2 |title=أبرز وجوه النظام العراقي السابق: أين هم الآن؟ - BBC News عربي |publisher=Bbc.com |date=2010-08-26 |accessdate=2022-01-08}} He was elected as a member of the party's regional leadership in 2001.
Rashid Taan was born in a village near Muqdadiya in Diyala Governorate.
After the 2003 U.S. invasion
He was on the list of the most wanted faces of the Iraqi regime during the occupation of Iraq. He was 49th of the 55 wanted.{{cite web|url=https://burathanews.com/arabic/news/4211 |title=اعتقال الرجل الثاني في الجيش الإسلامي و رشيد كاظم طعان |publisher=Burathanews.com |date=2006-07-10 |accessdate=2022-01-08}}
He is suspected of being linked to insurgency operations against the Iraqi government and the Americans, and the American government has allocated a reward of one million dollars to anyone who helps arrest him.{{Cite web|url=https://alqabas.com/article/156674-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%B6-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%85|title = مليون دولار للقبض على رشيد طعان كاظم}}
He is accused of carrying out criminal operations in Diyala province.{{cite web|url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=9532&article=300981 |title=بغداد ترصد مليون دولار مكافأة لاعتقال قيادي سابق في حزب البعث, أخبــــــار |publisher=Archive.aawsat.com |date= |accessdate=2022-01-08}}{{cite web |author=John J. Lumpkin |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/rashid_taan_kazim.htm |title=Rashid Taan Kazim |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2022-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204124013/https://www.globalsecurity.org/security/profiles/rashid_taan_kazim.htm |archive-date=4 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}
The Iraqi government announced his arrest in 2006, though the BBC says he is still on the run as of 2010.
References
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{{Ba'ath Party}}
{{U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis}}
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Category:Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region
Category:Possibly living people
Category:Year of birth missing
Category:Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards
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