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May
8, 2003
Jailed for Exposing
Costs of Sanctions & War?
Dr. Huda Ammash's
Detention
by ABU SPINOZA
The US occupation military forces in Iraq recently
detained Dr. Huda Sali Mahdi Ammash, a Iraqi scientist. South
End Press, the publishers of Dr. Huda Ammash, in a press release
has suggested that "there may be political motivation for
her detention." Dr. Ammash published a peer-reviewed paper,
"Toxic Pollution, the Gulf War, and Sanctions," in
an anthology Iraq Under Siege (South End Press, undated edition,
2002), edited by Anthony Arnove. Co-publisher of the anthology,
Alexander Dwinell said: "We are outraged at the U.S.'s extra-legal
detention of Dr. Ammash and its plans to interrogate her. We
demand that Dr. Ammash be released immediately." He added:
"The US government is trying to silence Dr. Ammash's outspoken
criticism of the US role in causing cancers and other illnesses
in Iraq through its own use of biologically hazardous weapons
such as radioactive deleted uranium."
In her paper, "Toxic Pollution,
the Gulf War, and Sanctions," Dr Ammash examines the effects
of United States' use of depleted uranium during the first Persian
Gulf War, the spread of electro-magnetic fields in the environment,
chemical pollution, and massive destruction of Iraq's infrastructure
on public health. Her assessment of the overall effect is that
US actions are largely responsible for the deterioration of public
health in Iraq. She writes: "Iraqi death rates have increased
significantly, with cancer representing a significant cause of
morality, especially in the south and among children." This
view is shared by other scientists and experts.
According to biographical details that
are available from various sources, Professor Ammash was born
on 1953 in Baghdad. He obtained her B.Sc., in Biology from University
of Baghdad in 1975 and her M.S., in Microbiology from Texas University,
Denton, Texas. In 1983 she obtained her Ph.D., in Microbiology
from University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, USA. She elected
a Fellow of Islamic Academy of Science (IAS) in 2001. She has
had a distinguished academic and professional career in Iraq.
She served as Dean of College of Education for Women, University
of Baghdad and as Dean of College of Science (1995-1997). Her
publications include, "Impact of Gulf War Pollution in the
Spread of Infection Diseases in Iraq" (Soli Al-Mondo, Rome
1999) and "Electronic, Chemical, and Mircobial Pollution
Resulting from War and Embargo, and its Impacts on the Environment
and Health," (Journal of the [Iraqi] Academy of Science,
1997).
The US occupation forces had listed Dr.
Ammash among the 55 most-wanted Iraqi officials. Dr. Ammash is
the daughter of Saleh Mahdi Ammash, a former vice-president,
defense minister and member of the Baath party's leadership.
He was reportedly executed on Saddam Hussein order in 1983.
The US authorities have not given any
reason for Dr. Ammash's detention. She was shown on Iraqi television
on March 27th sitting next at the same table as Saddam Hussein.
That cannot be sufficient ground for detention. Attending a
meeting with a dictator of a country under attack by a foreign
superpower is not a crime. Donald Rumsfeld had no qualms about
attending a meeting with Saddam Hussein at the height of the
regime's brutality.
The US has been unable to find any concrete
evidence of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
The arrests of Iraqi scientists and technicians may be an attempt
to (a) concoct some circumstance evidence of an Iraqi program
for developing weapons of mass destruction, (b) mute criticism
of United States' occupation by Iraqi scholars and scientists,
and (c) stifle Iraqi's technological and scientific potential
for years to come. Since the US has offered no reasons of Dr.
Ammash's detention, one can only speculate about its reasons
for her detention.
However, occupation authorities have
an obligation under international law to follow the rules and
procedures of Geneva Convention. The US has shown a consistent
pattern of disregarding international laws and norms unless it
suits its purpose. Hence, it is up to the people of the United
States to compel the US occupation authorities to at least abide
by minimum acceptable standards of civilized nations. The progressive
community should demand the unconditional release of Dr. Huda
Ammash as part of its campaign to end the illegitimate US occupation
of Iraq.
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