U.S. troops attack university professors in Diyala

[sabra]

Source: Azzaman

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In a statement, the university said U.S. troops detonated doors in the residential complex and searched the professors ‘in a very provocative manner.’

Dr. Saadoun al-Ujaili, head of the university’s public relations office, said even the houses and flats which were empty were searched and their doors destroyed.

“The U.S. troops handcuffed several professors fro several hours in the middle of the complex’s public garden and in front of other occupants,” Ujaili said.

...

The statement by the university said many professors were packing and were determined to leave the city.

“They are searching for a place that will preserve their dignity,” the statement said.

Read more: http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news/2007-04-11/kurd.htm

[pennylane100]

1. Winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people,

one act of terrorism after another.

[saigon68]

18. Yes kick a few doors in and put BAGS on their heads

YES BAGS on their heads.

Maybe let them stand on a box with electric wires attached to their tender areas

"FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH"

[SpiralHawk]

2. "Your tax dollars at work." - Commander AWOL

"Soon we will give a MASSIVE bonus to our cronies, I mean pals, at Halliburton.
Smirk, smirk, smirk."

- Commander AWOL

[MasonJar]

3. This should be front page news! This is shameful! Now we are depriving

Iraqis of the sources of an education.

[rodeodance]

4. surprized there ae any Profs left i baghday.

[Roland99]

5. W T F ?! ?! ?!

Can't wait to hear the justification for this. Must have been the Berkeley of Iraq.

:eyes:

[KansDem]

6. We have to fight the intelligentsia over there, so we won't have to fight them...

...wait! We are fighting them over here, too!

[Javaman]

7. You know how dangerous those calculators and chalk boards can be...

:eyes:

[Dhalgren]

10. Weapons of Mass Education! They must disarm!

[BeHereNow]

15. You are SO correct. Eliminating the professional and educated class of Iraq assures control.

It is deliberate.
The uneducated masses are ever so much easier to manage-
as we have witnessed in this country.
Prior to the invasion/occupation of Iraq, that country had
one of the highest level of educated thinkers/ people on the planet.

BHN

[Vidar]

8. More of Bush's war on education, intelligence & sanity.

[Ilsa]

9. What did Jay Leno say about this sort of thing? Something like,

"Yeah, all the professionals and professors are gone, leaving the country with ignorant and incompetent people to run things, just like our current American democracy." -- paraphrased

[The Stranger]

11. Democrats and Progressives have allowed a taboo to form against criticizing the troops.

And the Republicans and Neocons are using that taboo to force them to keep funding the war.

And "detonating residential doors" and searching professors is what stormtroopers do. Are even these actions going to be defended here?

[saigon68]

19. Yes unfortunately

[MisterP]

20. I'm near Camp Pendleton, and there's a lot of cheerleading

whenever some soldiers massacre people or form a rape gang: Haditha, Hamdania, Mahmudiyah are all points of pride for some people!!!
And of course we can't make a murmur when these people applaud the moral equivalents of janjaweed--they're the victims, remember!

[ohio2007]

12. I've seen articles that being a professor doesn't pay anymore

these professors moonlight;

Heavy Metal Baghdad - Part 1 of 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK9ZkW0HabQ

Interesting story you won't see covered by M$M

part 2 of 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI0RPwKM4Bg&mode=related&search=

part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyg-BrYyahQ&mode=related&search=

part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vf4XAaMMR0&mode=related&search=

part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f9WZQzcWeA&mode=related&search=



follow up to the YouTube news
Black Scorpion of Baghdad - Part 1 of 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya7JvSyza8w&mode=related&search=

The world in Baghdad isn't always what we think it is (thanks to the dinosaur network media coverage )

[Mudoria]

13. Doesn't look like an unbiased source to me.

Probably took the author of the article all night to dream it up. Too bad it's so obviously full of hot air... maybe he should ask AQ for pointers..

[Supersedeas]

14. the surge is working--the surge is working, see the University professors are leaving

now, back to 24/7 Imus and Anna Nicole

[Doctor_J]

16. This is a dry run for martial law here in the states

Lynn Cheney and David Horowitz already pay students to terrorize professors here. When the neocons finally give up on taking over Iraq, they'll start turn their attention to manufactured enemies here. Professors will be among the first targets. Hope we're ready to resist.

[MisterP]

17. Bush: "Hey, this Saloth Sar guy's really onna summin 'bout the French an'

the innerlectuers."