UNSCOM
During several visits to Iraq by UNSCOM, weapons inspectors interviewed British-educated Iraqi biologist Rihab Rashid Taha
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Rihab Rashid Taha Biography and Timeline
Follow Rihab Rashid Taha through 6 dated historical records for Iraq.
Rihab Rashid Taha, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1991
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
By January 1991, a team of 100 scientists and support staff had filled 157 bombs and 16 missile warheads with botulin toxin, and 50 bombs and five missile warheads with anthrax
1995
UNSCOM
Rod Barton from Australia, showed Taha documents obtained by UNSCOM that showed the Iraqi Government had just purchased 10 tons of growth medium from a British company called Oxoid
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Rod Barton from Australia, showed Taha documents obtained by UNSCOM that showed the Iraqi Government had just purchased 10 tons of growth medium from a British company called Oxoid
UNSCOM
Rod Barton from Australia, showed Taha documents obtained by UNSCOM that showed the Iraqi Government had just purchased 10 tons of growth medium from a British company called Oxoid
1996
UNSCOM
The al-Hakam germ warfare center, headed by the British-educated Iraqi biologist Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha, was blown up by UNSCOM in 1996
Records, sources and methodology
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