Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash

Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash
Member of the Revolutionary Command Council
In office
18 May 2001 – 9 April 2003
Member of the Regional Command of the Iraqi Regional Branch
In office
18 May 2001 – 9 April 2003
Personal details
Born (1953-10-29) 29 October 1953 (age 70)
Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
CitizenshipIraq
Alma materUniversity of Baghdad (Bachelor's)
Texas Woman's University (Master's)
University of Missouri (PhD)

Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (Arabic: هدى صالح مهدي عماش) (born 29 October 1953) is an Iraqi scientist and academic. Ammash was often referred to as[1] "Mrs. Anthrax" due to her alleged association with an Iraqi biological weapons program.[2][3]

Ammash was number 53 on the Pentagon's list of the 55 most wanted, the "five of hearts" , in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, and the only woman to be featured. She surrendered to coalition forces in May 2003 but was released in December 2005 without being charged.[4]

  1. ^ Scheer, Robert (28 December 2005). "Dr. Germ and Mrs. Anthrax Set Free". The Nation. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2007.
  2. ^ "Pentagon vows to probe Saddam photos". CNN. 21 May 2005.
  3. ^ "Dr Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash was one of the few women in Saddam Hussein's inner circle and the only one on the United States' list of 55 most wanted Iraqi leaders". BBC News. 22 September 2004.
  4. ^ "The World Today - Iraqi scientists released". abc.net.au. 6 June 2023.