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Old May 5, 2003, 16:31   #1
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Iraq's 'Mrs. Anthrax' Taken Into U.S. Custody
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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Why do the western media feel the need to give these people stupid nicknames?

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?
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Did she have anthrax in her pants?
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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?
in a word... YES!
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One question. Why she was taken to the custody?
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because she's Mrs. Anthrax... DUH!
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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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wow you're an old DL! December 2001!
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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?
Its a hook. They can get interested anyway, but the fancy name is more likely to grab their attention.

If you saw two stories, one about Mrs Smith of Bagshot and one about 'Miss Whiplash' of 'Vice City', which story would read first?
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She got her degree in microbiology (or whatever) from Missouri, where I am at law school. I heard it was quite a shock to her profs, as they had been to her house and vice versa and she seemed normal.

Right next to Ken Lay in the most notorious graduates of my school.
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I always knew Missouri sucked. It was Cardinals fans that tipped me off, but this confirms it.
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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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The Cardinals aren't even the best team in their own state.
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The Cardinals aren't even the best team in their own state.
Its good to see lil brother do well once in a while. I didn't think they would be able to do anything with Baird and Glass in charge, who knew? can they keep it up? I hope so.
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Anyone else read "The Cobra Event"? Was this the Iraqi doctor mentioned? Her name is awfully familar.
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I swear I have seen that Germ-chick facedown drunk at the Blue Note in Columbia...
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Rumor is that she was seen with erstwhile Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy at Shiloh's this january, after his team lost and before going to frat parties with billionaire baller J. Kroenke. Allegedly he asked her why she didn't go to BSU (Baghdad State), since "all the hottie Iraquis go there"
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dubbed "Mrs. Anthrax"
By who? FOX News?

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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?
Local media has been wondering the same thing... really bad PR for US.
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On the Player Scale I'd give her a rating of Double H.

Highly Hittable

Come on Mark G you know it crossed your mind.
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