Posted on 01/01/2005 5:12:39 AM PST by Critical Bill
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Iraqi lawyer said Friday that one of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former top scientists, known as "Mrs. Anthrax," has cancer and is dying in U.S. custody where she has been held for more than a year.
A U.S. military spokesman for detainee operations in Iraq (news - web sites) refused to comment on the report that Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash has cancer.
"I am not able to discuss the health condition of our detainees," said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson. "Certainly we have medical care available to take care of any detainee."
Other U.S. officials said they were aware Ammash had been treated previously for cancer and she is routinely checked to ensure there is no recurrence. They said there was no immediate concern for her health.
Ammash, a top Baath party official and biotech researcher who got her nickname for her alleged role in trying to develop bio-weapons for Saddam, is one of two women incarcerated by the U.S. military at an undisclosed location along with other top members of Saddam's regime.
The other female detainee is Rihab Rashid Taha, a scientist who became known as "Dr. Germ" for helping Iraq make weapons out of anthrax.
Lawyer Badee Izzat Aref said he was told by his jailed client, former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz, that Ammash had cancer and her health was deteriorating.
"He (Aziz) strongly urged me to do all I can regarding the case of Mrs. Huda Ammash because her health is worsening due to cancer," Aref told Al-Arabiya satellite network. "It will lead to her death, no doubt."
Aref called upon Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, President Bush (news - web sites), the Red Cross and other international organizations to "uphold their responsibilities and release her."
"I wanted to address the international public opinion and call for immediate intervention because she is dying," he said.
Aref met with Aziz — Iraq's former deputy prime minister and foreign minister — for five hours on Dec. 23 at a detention center near Baghdad in the presence of the U.S. military.
It was not immediately clear how Aziz could have obtained the information about Ammash's health. Aref had said Aziz told him that he meets with other top Baathist detainees, excluding Saddam, during a three-hour break everyday.
The case of Ammash and Taha grabbed new attention in September when militants beheaded two American hostages after demanding the release of female detainees in Iraq. The U.S. military says the two scientists are the only women it holds among a detainee population of some 5,000.
"Oh, Why do bad things happen to good people?"
.......of her mortal existence. Hurry up and prosecute and convict her so she can be hung.
Good news!
Wonder if it had anything to do with the things she was exposed to during her scientific experimentation.
If this isn't JUSTICE, I don't know what is!
I know Muslim men think they get something like 100 virgins when they kill, what do Muslim women get?
In either case, may her time in Hell be excruciating.
We're supposed to feel sorry for this beetch? I bet on 9/11 she opened a bottle of champagne with her friends and her life's work has been to make weapons to kill my infidel children and grandchildren. Sympathy? Rot in hell.
Give her a cup of anthrax and let her put herself out of her misery.
that is one evil bitch
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| Posted by SmithL On News/Activism ^ 12/31/2004 2:56:59 PM EST · 27 replies · 659+ views AP ^ | 12/31/4 BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi lawyer said Friday that one of Saddam Hussein's former top scientists, known as "Mrs. Anthrax," has cancer and is dying in U.S. custody where she has been held for more than a year. A U.S. military spokesman for detainee operations in Iraq refused to comment on the report that Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash has cancer. "I am not able to discuss the health condition of our detainees," said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson. "Certainly we have medical care available to take care of any detainee." Ammash, a top Baath party official and biotech researcher who got her... |
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| Israeli Researchers Make Progress in Fighting Cancer ^ |
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| Posted by IAF ThunderPilot On News/Activism ^ 12/31/2004 8:50:57 AM EST · 13 replies · 400+ views Arutz Sheva ^ | Dec 31, '04 / 19 Tevet 5765 Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered the key to combating one of the most devastating kinds of cancer. Prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death among men worldwide, spreads through the body to bones, where it is very difficult to treat. The resulting metastasis to the bone causes over 70% of prostate cancer deaths. Prof. Zelig Esh-Har, Head of the Immunology Department at Weizmann Institute, has now shown how a treatment that effectively combats cancer in the prostate can be redirected to the bones. A Weismann Institute release explains. The treatment is based on cells engineered... |
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But I think she is considered the nice one compared to Rihab Rashid Taha.
Wouldn't it be a hoot if her cancer was the result of the
filthy work she did for Ramsey Clark's good buddy.
Ping
Will this serve to start a new push for action?
Let's send some to the Gitmo prisoners, too!
bump!
Anyone who releases information about our prisoners should be shot.
72 pairs of shoes?
I wonder if the DUmmies have accused us of giving her the cancer yet.
If we did, I'd be rather proud of it!
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