Iraq 'to release one woman prisoner'
Iraqi authorities and US forces have decided to free one of only two high-profile women prisoners currently in American custody, a ministry spokesman said today.
Ministry spokesman Noori Abdul-Rahim Ibrahim, however, denied the decision was linked to a demand by militants who abducted two Americans and a Briton calling for the release of all female Iraqi prisoners.
“The Iraqi authorities have agreed with coalition forces to conditionally release Rihab Rashid Taha on bail”, Ibrahim said.
Taha, a scientist who became known as “Dr. Germ” for helping Iraq make weapons out of anthrax, and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a biotech researcher known as “Mrs. Anthrax,” are the only two Iraqi women held in American custody, according to the US military.
