Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash (Arabic: هدى صالح مهدي عماش) (born 29 October 1953) is an Iraqi scientist and academic.
[2][3] Ammash was number 53 on the Pentagon's list of the 55 most wanted, the "five of hearts" , in the U.S. deck of most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, and the only woman to be featured.
The videos were broadcast on Iraqi TV as invading forces drew closer to Baghdad: it is not known when the meeting took place or what the significance was of her appearance on camera.
[citation needed] In August 2005, the American Association for the Advancement of Science called for Ammash to be either sent to trial or released:[6] Although she has neither been charged with a crime nor brought to trial, the Iraqi scientist remains in prison today, accused by the US Government of being the head of Saddam Hussein's biowarfare programme - a programme of which no evidence has been found.According to Times Higher Education, "The organisation [AAAS] has not issued the statement lightly.
"[6] Both women were released in December 2005 after they were among those an American-Iraqi board process found were no longer a security threat and would have no charges filed against them.