The former official in charge of prisons in Baghdad, Nazem al-Maliki, told Rodeo: "Nine people were authorized to carry out direct executions on the ground in Iraq, and they are Azza al-Douri, Uday Saddam Hussein, Qusai Saddam Hussein, Ali Hassan al-Majid, Watban al-Takriti, al-Takriti, Sabawi al-Takriti, Sabawi al-Chariti, Sabawi Al-Takriti, Ramadan, and Abd Hamud al-Takriti."