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SLUG: 2-302898 Pentagon Iraq (S-O)
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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
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