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AMERICAN forces in Iraq have taken into custody the British-trained scientist known as “Dr Germ” who headed Saddam Hussein’s programme to develop weapons-grade anthrax. Dr Rihab Rashid Taha, who received a doctorate after Saddam sent her to England in 1979 to study microbiology at the University of East Anglia, was being interrogated by the CIA last night over her knowledge of Iraq’s illegal weapons programmes. Although not on the list of the 55 most-wanted members of Saddam’s former regime, Dr Taha was one of his most senior biological weapons scientists and ran the Iraqi biological weapons facility that developed weapons-grade...

Iraqi scientist conducted research that led to bioweapons, U.S. saysWASHINGTON, May 12 — Dr. Rihab Taha, the Iraqi scientist credited with starting her nation’s biological weapons program, has surrendered, military and intelligence officials told NBC News on Monday. Taha, who has become known as “Dr. Germ,” turned herself in to American forces in Baghdad after a week of negotiations, they said. HER SURRENDER on Sunday came a week after another leading Iraqi scientist, Dr. Huda Ammash, was taken into U.S. custody. However, Ammash — dubbed “Mrs. Anthrax” in the Western media — has so far failed to provide anything...

Dr. Germ reported in custody - Rihab Taha

Saddam killed his top commander as Marines stormed Baghdad SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COMSunday, May 4, 2003 LONDON — Iraqi President Saddam Hussein killed his leading military commander on charges of treason as U.S. forces captured Baghdad. The London-based A-Sharq Al Awsat daily said Saddam and his younger son, Qusay, executed Gen. Seif Eddin Al Rawi on April 8. The newspaper said Al Rawi, commander of the elite Republican Guards, was accused of treason and shot in the head and back. Al Rawi was summoned by Saddam and executed on the day U.S. marines captured the Iraqi capital. The newspaper...

Israeli Operational Successes Roundup:These are all of the major successes Israel has had in the past few weeks fighting terrorism3/8 - Ibrahim Makdme - Assassinated by Helicopter (alt spellings: Makadmeh, al-Maqadma)"killing him and three of his bodyguards."3/5 - Abdullah Jamal Barghouti - Arrested"IDF troops arrested a senior leader of Hamas's military wing in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Israel Radio quoted Palestinian sources as saying Wednesday. According to the reports, IDF troops nabbed Abdullah Jamal Barghouti in his apartment and hastily evacuated him from the city."3/3 - Sheikh Muhammad Taha - Arrested"Sheikh Mohammed Tsalah Hassan Abdullah Taha, 65, one...

BUREIJ REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops raiding a Gaza refugee camp arrested a Hamas founder Monday, targeting the political leadership of the Islamic militant group for the first time in 29 months of fighting. Eight Palestinians, among them a pregnant woman, were killed in clashes in the camp. Troops also blew up four homes in the Bureij camp, including that of Hamas co-founder Mohammed Taha, 65, who was wounded in clashes with soldiers, the army said. Several adjacent houses and a mosque were damaged by the blasts. Taha's five sons -- all senior Hamas activists --...

<p>October 22, 2001 -- A cunning woman scientist who heads Saddam Hussein's bio-terrorism team may be the mastermind behind the world's anthrax scare, a leading American germ warfare expert says.</p> <p>Rihab Taha, 45, is so notorious that United Nations weapons inspectors have nicknamed her "Dr. Germ" for deadly experiments she conducted.</p>