[Outraged At FLA]

Hmm proof?

http://www.kdp.pp.se/chemical.html

Chemical massacre of the Kurds by the Iraqi regime Halabja-March 1988

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?020325fa_FACT1

THE GREAT TERROR by JEFFREY GOLDBERG (Excerpt):

'Across the city, other families were making similar decisions. Nouri Hama Ali, who lived in the northern part of town, decided to lead his family in the direction of Anab, a collective settlement on the outskirts of Halabja that housed Kurds displaced when the Iraqi Army destroyed their villages. "On the road to Anab, many of the women and children began to die," Nouri told me. "The chemical clouds were on the ground. They were heavy. We could see them." People were dying all around, he said. When a child could not go on, the parents, becoming hysterical with fear, abandoned him. "Many children were left on the ground, by the side of the road. Old people as well. They were running, then they would stop breathing and die."

Nasreen's family did not move quickly. "We wanted to wash ourselves off and find water to drink," she said. "We wanted to wash the faces of the children who were vomiting. The children were crying for water. There was powder on the ground, white. We couldn't decide whether to drink the water or not, but some people drank the water from the well they were so thirsty."

They ran in a panic through the city, Nasreen recalled, in the direction of Anab. The bombardment continued intermittently, Air Force planes circling overhead. "People were showing different symptoms. One person touched some of the powder, and her skin started bubbling."

A truck came by, driven by a neighbor. People threw themselves aboard. "We saw people lying frozen on the ground," Nasreen told me. "There was a small baby on the ground, away from her mother. I thought they were both sleeping. But she had dropped the baby and then died. And I think the baby tried to crawl away, but it died, too. It looked like everyone was sleeping."

At that moment, Nasreen believed that she and her family would make it to high ground and live. Then the truck stopped. "The driver said he couldn't go on, and he wandered away. He left his wife in the back of the truck. He told us to flee if we could. The chemicals affected his brain, because why else would someone abandon his family?" '

[LPStar]

I'm confused. I thought it was the Dr. Rihab Taha (mother of the bioweapons program) who was in the meeting. Is this Huda woman another evil scientist?

I just HOPE that I do not hear anyone praising Saddam's commitment to women in science.

[Freedomsfriend]

The hyperlink below takes you to a picture of her if someone knows how to post it here.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/waroniraq/articles/4066943?source=Evening%20Standard

[Cindy]

FREE REPUBLIC.com - Discussion Threads - Search Term: "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/search?s=CHEMICAL+AND+BIOLOGICAL&ok=Search&q=deep&m=all&o=time&SX=3e841c8bd6247868f2b4b39793f2b1796fca9089

GOOGLE Search Term: "CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22CHEMICAL+AND+BIOLOGICAL%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&filter=0

[Terp]

Any conclusive proof that Iraq possesses banned chemical or biological weapons would be a huge boost to America and Britain in the battle to win over world opinion in support of the war.

Jeez I hope whoever wrote this article isn't going to hold there breath for world opinion to change.

Terp

[areafiftyone]

Um does this mean that Saddam has WMD??? HMMMM?? Nah - the peaceniks, Euroweenies and Hans Blix says he doesn't and they know it all Riiiiight? </sarcasm>

[Diogenesis]

Chemical Ali's Evil Handiwork in Halabja with weapons they DO NOT HAVE [wink, wink] =========

In Halabja, ~238 miles northeast of Baghdad, the grave
of the dead from Saddam Hussein's mustard gas and nerve agents.
5,000 murdered in this attack.

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Dead children, previously playing in Halabja
Victims of Saddams' WMD in March 1988.

[AndyJackson]

Despite all the bellyaching about how slow the war has gone, I believe that part of the reason we have seen no real use of chemical weapons is that it has gone so fast that the Iraqis cannot keep up. We are probably too close to Baghdad for them to use chemicals and germs effectively, as they are faced with taking out their own troops. Besides, I doubt much moves in the way of heavy equipment.

[chuknospam]

Well, all we probably need to do is surround Bagdhad, and starve the city out. Nothing goes in. If civilians want to surrender, let them leave & we'll provide them aid. Shut off the power and water. Keep picking off the RG during the process. It will take time but they will crumble. Once the population exits the city then we can assume any that remain are the enemy and we can bomb indescriminately.

[isom35]

is there a mrs. smallpox lurking out there somewhere?

[cebadams]

From this thread of yesterday
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/877831/posts

Her profile here:
http://www.ias-worldwide.org/profiles/prof95.htm


RAQ Report - 25 May 2001, Volume  4, Number  18
http://www.rferl.org/iraq-report/2001/05/18-250501.html

Other notable appointments to the RCC include that of Dr. Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, widely considered to be "one of the pillars of the weapons program," according to London's "Al-Hayat" of 19 May. She has a Ph.D. in genetics and microbiology from the University of Missouri. According to Radio Baghdad of 19 May, she will be in charge of the Professional Bureau and the Students and Youth Bureau for the RCC.

[af_vet_rr]

That's assuming he (and she by default) are still alive.

[Delbert]

Sounds like a beauty contestant for the damned....Here they are...Miss Iran, Miss Iraq, Miss Syria, Miss Anthrax. Evil beeeyatch. Betrothed to Beelzebub.

[The Great Satan]

Any conclusive proof that Iraq possesses banned chemical or biological weapons would be a huge boost to America and Britain in the battle to win over world opinion in support of the war.

Unfortunately, it's not about public support, is it? It's about what he can do with those weapons.

[FirstTomato]

I heard the report yesterday that this woman was educated in the United States at two different universities.

[B. A. Conservative]

Perhaps another addition to the long list of history's "black widows"?

[Cindy]

An FR Discussion - Article: STL TODAY.com - ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: "IRAQI WEAPONS FIGURE WAS ARRESTED AT MU IN '83" by Robert Kelly (March 28, 2003)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/879114/posts

[Cindy]

ALERT...MEMRI.org - MIDDLE EAST MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE Special Dispatch Series No. 489: "HUDA AMMASH - THE HEAD OF THE IRAQI BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS PROGRAM" (April 1, 2003) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

ALERT...WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "ARMS SCIENTIST SAID TO HAVE FLED TO SYRIA" by Rowan Scarborough (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Some of Iraq's top weapons scientists already have fled their country and are in Syria, from where they may seek political safety in France, administration sources said yesterday. The officials said among those believed to have made it to Syria are Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash and Rihab Taha, both top scientists in Iraq's biological-weapons program. The administration sources said there are intelligence reports that one, or both, made it to Damascus. Mrs. Taha is a British-trained microbiologist, who led Iraq's drive to cultivate and weaponize deadly anthrax. Nicknamed "Dr. Germ," she is believed to hold vast knowledge concerning all of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's development of weapons of mass destruction. Mrs. Ammash has been nicknamed "Mrs. Anthrax" by Western reporters. She has been photographed at Saddam's Cabinet meetings, and at a meeting with his son, Qusai, who ran most of Iraq's military and security organizations. The two women are notable not only for their expertise in weaponizing germs, but also because they both attained senior positions among the male-dominated Ba'ath Party.") (April 11, 2003) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

FOX NEWS.com (AP): "U.S. RAIDS HOME OF IRAQ'S 'DR. GERM'" (April 16, 2003) (Read More...)