http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051219/ts_afp/iraqarrestrelease_051219135511
Mon Dec 19, 9:10 AM ET
Iraq's 'Dr Anthrax' among Saddam-era officials released
Dozens of high level detainees from the regime of Saddam Hussein have been released, the US military said, with an Iraqi lawyer saying they included female weapons scientists "Dr Anthrax" and "Dr Germ".
According to US military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson, who declined to reveal their names, only eight detainees who were originally deemed to be security threats, were released.
"Many were originally held as suspects in possible war crimes and as material witnesses" in cases against the regime, he said Monday.
2007-08-14 10:30:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/12/19/1534479.htm
2007-08-14 10:32:05 · update #1
They are probably looking to employ them, the same way the US did when they recruited former Nazi scientists to work for them
2007-08-14 10:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably the same reason why Russia and the U.S. competed over attracting ex-Nazi scientists.
A dictator can hold a gun up to an engineer's head and tell him to make him a weapon - that doesn't make the engineer a bad person.
2007-08-14 10:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by freedom first 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋