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Encyclopedia > Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
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Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (Arabic: هدى صالح مهدي عماش) (born Baghdad 1953) is an American-educated Iraqi scientist, dubbed Mrs. Anthrax by the U.S. government. Ammash was number 53 on the Pentagon's list of the 55 most wanted, the five of hearts in the deck of Most wanted Iraqi playing cards, and the only woman to be featured. Image File history File links Dr. Anthrax playing card File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Dr. Anthrax playing card File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the United States military building. ... Saddam Hussein as the Ace of Spades In the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition, the U.S. developed a set of playing cards to help troops identify the most-wanted members of President Saddam Husseins government, mostly high-ranking Baath Party members or members...


U.S. officials allege that Ammash, who earned a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Missouri–Columbia, and who was appointed to the Revolutionary Command Council in May 2001, helped to rebuild Iraq's biological weapons program in the mid-1990s after the Gulf War. American officials say she was one of a new generation of leaders given leading posts within the Baath party by Saddam Hussein. In one of several videos that Saddam released during the war, Ammash was the only woman among about a half-dozen men seated around a table. The videos were broadcast on Iraqi TV as invading forces drew closer to Baghdad: it is not known when the meeting took place or what the significance was of her appearance on camera. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The University of Missouri–Columbia is a public land-grant university and is Missouris largest university and public research institution. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Combatants United States & US-led Coalition Republic of Iraq Commanders Norman Schwarzkopf Khalid bin Sultan Saddam Hussein Strength 883,863 360,000 Casualties 378 dead and 1,000 wounded Est. ... Baath Party of Iraq Baath son of Magog of Milesian tradition This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ...


Ammash served as president of Iraqi's microbiology society and as dean at the University of Baghdad. U.S. officials said she was trained by Nassir al-Hindawi, described by United Nations inspectors as the "father of Iraq's biological weapons program". The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... Biological Weapons: Friend or Foe? By Dom Harris There is great debate about whether biological weapons are good or bad, and whether the world should be concerned about their development. ...


She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Baghdad, followed by a Masters in microbiology from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. She spent four years at the University of Missouri–Columbia in pursuit of her doctorate in microbiology, which she received in December 1983. Her thesis focused on the effects of radiation, paraquat and the chemotherapy drug Adriamycin, on bacteria and mammals. Texas Womans University is a university with campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston, Texas. ... Motto: North of Ordinary Location within the state of Texas County Denton County Government  - Mayor Perry McNeill Area  - City 161. ... The University of Missouri–Columbia is a public land-grant university and is Missouris largest university and public research institution. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Radiation as used in physics, is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles. ... Paraquat is the trade name for N,N-Dimethyl-4,4-bipyridinium dichloride, a viologen. ... Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. ...


She conducted research into illnesses that may have been caused by depleted uranium from shells used in the 1991 Gulf War,[1] and had published several papers on the health effects of the war and the subsequent sanctions.[2] She is also said to be currently suffering from breast cancer, a possible side effect of her depleted-uranium studies.[3] Depleted uranium storage yard. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...


Ammash's father was a high-level Baath Party member in Iraq, who became defense minister in 1963, deputy prime minister in 1968, and an ambassador in 1977. He is believed to have been killed on the orders of Saddam Hussein in 1981. Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1968 Gregorian calendar. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...


Ammash surrendered to coalition forces on May 9, 2003 and was one of two Iraqi women known to be in U.S. custody as of April 2005. The other was the British-educated Dr. Rihab Taha, who led Iraq's biological weapons program until 1995. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Rihab Taha Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi, nicknamed by the media Doctor Germ, is an English-educated Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Husseins biological weapons program. ...


Both women were released in December 2005 after they were among those an American-Iraqi board process found were no longer a security threat and would have no charges filed against them[4] despite protests.[5]


References

  1. ^ Janabi, Ahmed. "Iraqi scientist's health causes concern", Al Jazeera, 2005-01-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 
  2. ^ Spinoza, Abu. "Jailed for Exposing Costs of Sanctions & War? Dr. Huda Ammash's Detention", CounterPunch, 2003-05-08. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 
  3. ^ "Iraq's jailed Mrs Anthrax 'dying'", BBC, 2005-01-01. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 
  4. ^ "US sets Saddam's scientists free", BBC, 2005-12-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 
  5. ^ Scheer, Robert. "Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free", The Nation, 2005-12-28. Retrieved on 2007-01-15. 

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