UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

SLUG: 2-302898 Pentagon Iraq (S-O)
DATE:>
NOTE NUMBER:

DATE= 5/5/03

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE= PENTAGON / IRAQ (S-O)

NUMBER=2-302898

BYLINE= ALEX BELIDA

DATELINE= PENTAGON

CONTENT=

INTRO: Coalition forces have taken into custody another of Iraq's most wanted, this time a woman believed to be knowledgeable about Baghdad's weapons of mass destruction programs. More from Correspondent Alex Belida at the Pentagon.

TEXT: Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash is the only woman among Iraq's top 55 most wanted regime fugitives. She is identified as a Baath Party Youth and Trade Bureau Chairman.

But Pentagon officials are more interested in her as one of Iraq's leading weapons of mass destruction scientists. She is a trained microbiologist who has been nicknamed "Mrs. Anthrax" by U-S intelligence.

No details on her detention have been released.

U-S authorities say they have taken into custody 17 other top Iraqi officials who were either captured or surrendered. (SIGNED)

NEB/BEL/RAE/KBK



NEWSLETTER
Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list