Iraqi authorities and US forces have decided to free one of only two high-profile women prisoners currently in American custody, an Iraqi ministry spokesman said today.

Iraqi authorities and US forces have decided to free one of only two high-profile women prisoners currently in American custody, a ministry spokesman said today.

The militant group led by al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has posted a gruesome video on a website showing the decapitation of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong.

COALITION forces have taken custody of the Iraqi scientist known as ‘Dr Germ’ for her work in creating weapons-grade anthrax, according to Pentagon officials, who said they also had initial field reports that the head of Saddam Hussein’s military has been captured.

Coalition forces have arrested the Iraqi scientist known as Dr Germ for her work in creating weapons-grade anthrax, officials said today.