Rihab Taha
Iraqi microbiologist known as Dr Germ in Saddam's weapons program.
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Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi is an Iraqi microbiologist who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program. United Nations weapons inspectors gave her the nickname Dr Germ, and a 1999 report commissioned by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence Agency named her one of the world's most dangerous women. She admitted producing germ warfare agents but said they had been destroyed.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 12 November 1957
- Nationality
- Iraqi
- Doctoral degree
- Ph.D. in plant toxins from the University of East Anglia
- Spouse
- General Amer Mohammad Rashid
- Known for
- Role in Iraq's biological weapons program
- Nickname
- Dr Germ
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Did You Know?
- In December 2005, 22 high-value prisoners including Rihab Taha were released without charge two days after Iraq's national elections, following over 30 months in confinement.
- Another female scientist, Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, nicknamed Mrs. Anthrax by the U.S., was also among those released.
- Taha published two articles on her research, one in Physiological Plant Pathology and one in Physiologia Plantarum.
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