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SlowwHand
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of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:27
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I just don't get it.
No prohibited weapons/chemicals is the claim, and yet time after time, something/someone found.
2 hours, 34 minutes ago By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces have taken into custody a U.S.-educated microbiologist dubbed "Mrs. Anthrax" who was active in germ warfare development under President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), defense officials said on Monday.
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, the only woman included in the U.S. military's list of 55 most-wanted Iraqi fugitives, was taken into custody in Baghdad on Sunday by U.S. troops, said the defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Ammash was designated as No. 53 on the list and was the five of hearts in the U.S. military's deck of cards of wanted Iraqis. Eighteen of the 55 have been taken into custody, with another three dead, according to the Pentagon (news - web sites).
A U.S. official said Ammash may have potentially useful information.
"She has intimate knowledge of the workings of Iraq (news - web sites)'s BW (biological warfare) program and the nature and the extent of that program, as well (to) be in a position to know possible locations of where material or production facilities might be located," the official said.
U.S. forces have found no evidence of the Iraqi chemical and biological weapons that American leaders cited as a key reason for the war that toppled Saddam's government.
Ammash, 49, earned a doctorate in microbiology from the University of Missouri in 1983. She earned a master's degree from Texas Woman's University in 1979.
Ammash's father was a leader of the 1968 Baath Party revolution who served as an Iraqi minister and ambassador before being killed in the 1980s, reportedly on Saddam's order, the U.S. official said.
AMMASH POSSESSED POLITICAL POWER
She was the first woman appointed to Iraq's Baath Party regional command in May 2001, she has been a vocal advocate for the regime's policies at home and abroad. She at one point oversaw the activities of Baath Party organizations in Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen while a member of the Baghdad branch command.
She is a leading Iraqi microbial genetic engineer, and U.S. officials believe she was instrumental in rebuilding aspects of Iraq's biological warfare production capability during the mid-1990s. At that time, she served as head of biological laboratories at Iraq's military industrialization organization.
One of her mentors was Nasser Hindawi, believed to be the founder of Iraq's biological warfare program. "She is one of his disciples," the U.S. official said.
Ammash is one of two well-known women linked to Saddam's weapons programs. The other is Rihab Taha, nicknamed "Dr. Germ."
Taha, who is not listed among the top 55 most wanted Iraqis, also worked in Iraq's biological weapons development program and ascended to a senior position in Saddam's Baath Party leadership.
Ammash has been pictured at Saddam's cabinet meetings. In one image, she was seen seated next to his son Qusay.
The moniker "Mrs. Anthrax" was given to Ammash by Western journalists. Anthrax is a bacterial disease that can be used as a biological weapon by spreading its extremely resilient powdery spores.
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raghar
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I wish somewhere else.
Oct 2002
time: 05:27
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One question. Why she was taken to the custody?
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Are the general public really so stupid that they can't get interested in a story unless the people in it sound like comic book characters? |
Or put on a deck cards...like some "High noon" high -stakes poker game. 
It's a typical manuever by the Administration to make this sham of a war look like some Rambo miniseries.
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asleepathewheel
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listening too long to one song
Mar 2002
time: 00:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Sava
I always knew Missouri sucked. It was Cardinals fans that tipped me off, but this confirms it. |
Hey, whats that? Cubs are back in second place? Well, it was fun while it lasted. Maybe next year. Oh and I did see dusty's son sing yesterday (on WGN, not Sportscenter) and I would have to admit it was cute.
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06-05-2003 01:31
DLDLDLDLDL!
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