American contractor Eugene Armstrong has been brutally executed by Jordanian terrorist Musab al-Zarqawi and his henchmen in Iraq.
Zarqawi is demanding the release of "women prisoners" held by the Coalition and the Iraqi government, a departure from the usual end-the-occupation demands. Which women would be of such a high value to this terrorist? The names have emerged.
The U.S. military says women are not held at the two prisons -- the notorious Abu Ghraib in Baghdad and Umm Qasr near Basra -- cited by the group known as Unification and Jihad but has acknowledged it is holding two female "security prisoners" elsewhere.They are Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha Al-Azzawi Al-Tikriti, a scientist who became known as "Dr. Germ" for helping Iraq make weapons out of anthrax, and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a biological weapons researcher known as "Mrs. Anthrax."
There's no way those prisoners are being traded. Israeli site DEBKA claims to have the inside story.
Posted by Alan at September 21, 2004 11:34 AM