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Amer Mohammad Rashid

Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi (born 1937) was the Oil Minister of Ba'athist Iraq under Saddam Hussein.

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Amir Rashid Muhammad al-Ubaydi previously served as a general of Ba'athist Iraq and was nicknamed "Missile Man" for his expertise in missile defense systems; however, he was appointed as Oil Minister under Saddam Hussein, a change of profession. al-Ubaydi married "Dr. Germ" Rihab Taha, a microbiologist who worked in Iraq's chemical weapons program, and on 28 April 2003 he was captured by the US Army during the Iraq War; his wife surrendered on 10 May. al-Ubaydi was held in jail until April 2012, when he was quietly released.

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