Free Dr. Huda Ammash and all the Iraqi Detainees NOW!

Name: Huda Saleh Mahdi Ammash
Birth: Baghdad September 26, 1953
Social Status: Married with a son and a daughter
Academic Status:
1. She received her B.Sc. from the College of Science, Baghdad University in 1974.
2. She received her MS in microbiology from the University of Texas/Dunton.
3. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Missouri/Columbia in 1983.
4. She received the Award for Young Scientists from the Shoman Academy in Jordan in 1994.
5. She was chosen as a member of the Iraqi Scientific Society in 1996.
6. She was elected a member of the Islamic Scientific Society in 2001.
7. She is a member of several Arab and international biological associations.

Scientific and Administrative Positions:
1. After graduation, she worked as an assistant researcher in Baghdad University from 1975 1976.
2. She worked as an assistant researcher at the University of Missouri in America from 1981 1983 while studying for her Ph.D.
3. Teacher at the College of Science/ Baghdad University from 1983 1991during which she earned the title Assistant Professor.
4. Teacher at the College of Medicine/ Saddam University from 1991- 1994 during which she earned the title of Professor.
5. Dean of the Women's Educational College in Baghdad University from 1993 1995.
6. Dean of the College of Science/ Baghdad University from 1995 1997.
7. A member dedicated to the Iraqi Scientific Society from 1996 until now.


The American Occupation Forces detained Dr. Huda Ammash on April 25, 2003. During this very time, the American Occupation Forces were claiming that Dr. Huda Ammash had fled to Syria. Their blatant lies were exposed after some international news networks spread reports of her detention which forced the Occupation Forces, on May 5, 2003, to admit that they had her under detention.

Under the pressure of international humanitarian and academic societies, the American Forces in Baghdad claimed that she had been released. This lie was uncovered when news networks went to her home for an interview. The American Occupation Forces were forced to admit that they had lied once again and that Dr. Huda was still under detention.

Dr. Huda Saleh Mahdi Ammash never did research, at any stage, on weapons of any type and none of her research papers were ever put to such a use. All her scientific research is published and she was promoted due to this published research. She attended many international and Arabic scientific conferences with her research.

Scientific and academic societies all over Iraq, the Arab world, and internationally know that the reason behind Dr. Huda Ammash's detention was that she exposed the criminal use of weapons by the Americans during the 1991 war on Iraq up until now. These weapons include Depleted Uranium (DU), biological, chemical and other electro-radioactive weapons. She published a book which proved that the weapons used by the Americans during the 1991 Gulf War were responsible for the rise in cancer rates in the south of Iraq and that is why her detention is simply retaliation for exposing them.

Dr. Huda Saleh Mahdi Ammash is currently detained under inhumane conditions in spite of the fact that she has cancer and was under medical treatment during the time of her detention.

The Occupation Forces have detained more than 15,000 Iraqis without accusation, and they are subjected to the ugliest forms of torture under almost unbelievable, inhumane conditions.

We cry out to every Muslim, Arab and live conscience to stand by Dr. Huda Ammash and the other detainees and ask international organizations to step in immediately and stop these horrible crimes and to call for the detainees to be freed. Silence on this issue means that every researcher or scientist, Arab or Muslim, and every person who defends their freedom, will be exposed to the same fate as the Iraqis should they attempt to defend their people, and their families, under occupation.