Iraq promised Wednesday to release one of two high-profile women prisoners. Justice Ministry spokesman Noori Abdul-Rahim Ibrahim announced that Iraq and coalition officials had decided to release on bail Rihab Rashid Taha, a scientist. Ibrahim said authorities were also considering whether to release Ammash, a former member of the Baath party and the only other Iraqi woman held in American custody, according to the U.S. military. However, Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a U.S. military spokesman, said he was not aware of a decision to release Taha. He said a group of Iraqi male detainees had been previously scheduled to be released Wednesday from Abu Ghraib prison. "There is an ongoing process that has been in place for some time to review the status of high-value detainees," Johnson said. "All I can say is that this process continues."
