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'Dr Germ' and 'Mrs Anthrax' released from Iraqi jail
Breaking News Ireland ^
| 12/19/05
| Breaking News Ireland
Posted on 12/19/2005 5:04:42 AM PST by TrebleRebel
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...
19 December 2005: Dr. Germ. Mrs. Anthrax released from jail in Iraq
Reports from Baghdad indicate that Rihab Taha, the British-educated biological weapons expert who is often called Dr. Germ, and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, aka "Mrs. Anthrax", who was a Baath Party official and biotech researcher, have been released from prison in Iraq.
The release of the two women was demanded on several occasions as a condition for release of foreign hostages held in Iraq by Zarqawi's group. Several of these hostages were beheaded when the demands for the women's release were not met.
Indications are that both women may have already left Iraq because of fears regarding "security".
For more translations and news on terrorism, visit http://www.lauramansfield.com
61
posted on
12/19/2005 1:12:07 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: yoe
62
posted on
12/19/2005 1:24:32 PM PST
by
benjibrowder
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To: Baraonda
"Surely a quid pro quo of some sort took place, otherwise this doesn't make sense."
Perhaps they agreed to reveal what happened to the WMD's which would be devastatating to the Democrats.
To: thoughtomator
Are they crazy??? This is like releasing Dr. Mengele!
That's the first thing I thought of - good thing these American and Iraq officials weren't around the Nuremberg trials.
To: benjibrowder
Whos Dr. Mengele?
I hope you're kidding.
Joseph Mengele:
(March 16, 1911February 7, 1979) was a Nazi German physician who performed experiments that were condemned as murderously sadistic on prisoners in Auschwitz during World War II. He personally selected over 400,000 prisoners to die in gas chambers in Auschwitz. After the war he escaped Germany and lived covertly abroad until his eventual accidental death in Brazil, which was later confirmed using DNA testing on his remains.
To: TrebleRebel
As an European, how can I respect the US gov. anymore?
WMD: lies.
Democracy in Iraq: lies.
Etc....
The US my family used to respect and love are gone.
It's all over now.
Goodbye, and good luck to you all.
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posted on
12/19/2005 6:33:41 PM PST
by
thierrya
To: af_vet_rr
Actually, I didn't know who he was. But thank you for telling me. I'm only 18.
67
posted on
12/19/2005 6:48:03 PM PST
by
benjibrowder
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To: TrebleRebel
This Irish article is interesting- the BBC implied the names of those released were known from a US spokesperson. But according to this, the US hasn't named them, saying only that there were eight.
The source of the names is 'a legal official in Baghdad,' whatever that's supposed to mean.
68
posted on
12/19/2005 6:55:22 PM PST
by
piasa
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To: thierrya
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posted on
12/19/2005 7:12:16 PM PST
by
piasa
(Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)
To: piasa
Good luck to you.
If ever you're a real American.
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posted on
12/19/2005 7:36:23 PM PST
by
thierrya
To: TrebleRebel
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posted on
12/19/2005 8:49:11 PM PST
by
Qwertrew
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To: thierrya
Farewell and don't bother to check back in.
To: thierrya
Who's side are you on?
You are nasty.
To: Shermy; jpl; Mitchell
To: TrebleRebel
Unreal. This has to be getting done with the thought of trying to mollify the insurgents. And I really don't think that it's going to work much, if at all. Saddam is still alive for Pete's sake!
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posted on
12/20/2005 7:01:34 AM PST
by
jpl
To: Allan
76
posted on
12/20/2005 12:35:56 PM PST
by
Mitchell
To: Mitchell; jpl; genefromjersey; Shermy; TrebleRebel; Allan
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posted on
12/25/2005 4:58:28 PM PST
by
Battle Axe
(Repent for the coming of the Lord is nigh!)
To: TrebleRebel; Mitchell; jpl; genefromjersey; Shermy; Allan; Battle Axe; Khan Noonian Singh
Here is how I read this situation. My hypothesis remains: 9/11 was Iraq, the anthrax was Iraq, al Qaeda were just proxies. Even before the 1991 war for Kuwait, the US government planned for an Iraqi terrorist counteroffensive, and that threat did indeed slowly materialize, once Saddam reconsolidated his regime after withdrawing from Kuwait. After the 1993 WTC bombing, Clinton tried to intimidate him back (bombing the Baghdad intelligence HQ in mid-year); after Bojinka was discovered, a Chalabi-led revolt in the north was hastily assembled, then abandoned (see Robert Baer's See No Evil), probably out of fear of Iranian strategic gains, and the CIA tried instead to organize a coup via Allawi, which failed (see, e.g. the Cockburns' Out of the Ashes); and finally, after comprehensive regime change in Iraq became official US policy (late 1998, after the African embassy bombings), Saddam would have activated his Samson Option, the threat of WMD terrorism using anthrax. Bush 43 came to office preparing to overthrow Saddam, probably on the model subsequently employed in Afghanistan (US special forces working with indigenous allies, rather than an occupation by the regular army), but 9/11 happened first, and the anthrax threat was explicitly tabled. Everything that happened afterwards revolved around removing Saddam from power (i) without triggering an anthrax attack (ii) without exposing the increasingly egregious deceptions which accompanied the covert war with Saddam in the 1990s. That second constraint is what's behind the "release" of Taha and Ammash, on my view. Despite the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty, they, like Saddam, have been in the custody of US forces, because they know too much; and they are being shuffled out of Iraq, probably to a closely monitored exile in a US-friendly country, lest the truth should come out in court. Since the full truth is presumably only known to a small circle of people (at the apex of the US government, or intimately involved with the pre-9/11 conflict), the people in Iraq immediately responsible for Taha and Ammash's fate would need to be given other reasons for their release (such as this line about pacifying the Sunni insurgents).
To: TrebleRebel
Maybe the CIA inserted each with a radio frequency identification (RDFI) chips to gather a little more usefull information.
Of course the Democraps/ACLU/holier-than-thou Germans & French will violently object.
I say to them... "shut up."
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:10:19 PM PST
by
Trajan88
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
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posted on
12/28/2005 11:12:33 PM PST
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Trajan88
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