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A NORWICH trained Iraqi scientist – dubbed Dr Germ - is believed to have fled into hiding in Syria after the toppling of Saddam Hussein's reviled regime. Dr Rihab Taha, who studied microbiology at the University of East Anglia, may have been among a group of high-profile scientists to have slipped across the border in recent days. Intelligence agencies believe they might include Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, nicknamed "Mrs Anthrax" for her role in Iraq's biological weapons programme, as well Dr Taha. The fleeing of officials linked to the Saddam regime comes as America stepped up its hunt by offering...

Iraqi arms scientists said to be in Syria-report WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - Several leading Iraqi biological weapons scientists are believed to have fled to Syria, The Washington Times reported on Saturday, citing unnamed U.S. government officials. Among those said to have made it across the Iraqi border to Syria were Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a woman known by U.S. intelligence officers as "Mrs. Anthrax," and Rihab Taha, nicknamed "Dr. Germ." The government officials said intelligence reports showed that either, or both, scientists had taken refuge in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the report said. Ammash was named on Friday as...

Report: Top Iraqi arms scientists have fled country By Reuters and Haaretz Service UNITED NATIONS - The Washington Post, citing U.S. administration sources, reported Saturday that some of Iraq’s top weapons scientists have already fled their country and have most likely already made it to Syria. The officials believed to be in Damascus are Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash and Rihab Taha, both top scientists in Iraq's biological-weapons program. The sources said there are intelligence reports that one, or both, made it to Syria. Mrs. Taha is a British-trained microbiologist, who led Iraq's drive to cultivate and weaponize deadly anthrax. Nicknamed...

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

WASHINGTON, Mar 27, 2003 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- A woman seen on Iraqi television Thursday meeting with Saddam Hussein is believed to be one of the regime's top biological weapons scientists, U.S. intelligence officials said. The video recording of the meeting, which included other Iraqi leaders, was portrayed as current by Iraqi television, but U.S. officials said it was unclear when it was made. Intelligence officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the woman among the half-dozen men in the video is Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, believed to have played a key role in rebuilding Baghdad's...

LONDON - A scientist believed to have played a leading role in Iraq's biological weapons program says in an interview published Sunday that her country was justified in producing germ weapons to defend itself. Rihab Taha also says she helped compile the biological section of Iraq's recent weapons declaration and describes it as honest and transparent. Taha was interviewed in Baghdad on Jan. 21 by British journalist Jane Corbin. Five officials and guards sat in on the meeting, which occurred at the office of the Iraqi agency that deals with U.N. weapons inspectors. Taha, who was educated in Britain, spoke...

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