Dr Rihab Taha, aka Dr GermRemember Dr Germ? She used to be one of the world's most dangerous women. Rihab Taha was named in the infamous "dodgy dossier" on Iraq's WMD as the leading scientist in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons programme. She surrendered to coalition forces in May 2003 and, along with "Mrs Anthrax" (Huda Ammash), was quietly released two-and-a-half years later.
But according to the Eastern Daily Press, there is an additional twist in the Taha story. Dr Ian Gibson, the MP for Norwich North and a former tutor of hers at the University of East Anglia, says he was flown out to the Middle East by the security services to see her in January 2003.
"Apart from the pleasantries, there was only one question discussed," he told the paper. "I did say to her 'When did you learn to do experiments with biological warfare organisms?' She said 'Well, I've been away from the UEA a long time' ... She said there were no WMD. She said they had them years ago and destroyed them. I believed her."
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