US troops capture ‘Chemical Sally’
Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, among the 55 most wanted members of Saddam Hussein's fallen regime, was taken into custody on Sunday, a Pentagon official said yesterday.
He had no other details about her detention. Officials have not yet found any weapons of mass destruction which the Bush administration cited as justification for the war in Iraq and have said they need information from Iraqis to help find them. It was unclear how much cooperation they would get from Ammash, since all other high-ranking officials have denied under interrogation that there was such a program in recent year. With her detention, the United States has now acknowledged holding 19 of the 55 most wanted.
