Dying 'Dr Anthrax' of Iraq want to be freed
AFP, Dubai
A top female scientist from Saddam Hussein's deposed regime should be freed from detention in Iraq as she is terminally ill with cancer, a lawyer said yesterday. Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, accused of being a leader of Saddam's alleged biological warfare programme and dubbed "Dr Anthrax" by the tabloid press, was captured by US forces in May 2003. Lawyer Badiaa Aref Ezzat, who is acting for former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, called on Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, US President George W. Bush and aid groups to "assume their responsibility and free her".
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