URGENT_APPEAL_TO_SAVE_IRAQ

["Sergio Coronica" <coronicaser at libero.it>]

<http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academicspetition.htm>URGENT APPEAL TO
SAVE IRAQ'S ACADEMICS - Read and sign the petition

<http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academicspetition.htm#action>Urgent call
for action

<> <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/index.htm>A little known aspect of the
tragedy engulfing Iraq is the systematic liquidation of the country's
academics.  Even according to conservative estimates, over 250 educators
have been assassinated, and many hundreds more have disappeared.  With
thousands fleeing the country in fear for their lives, not only is Iraq
undergoing a major brain drain, the secular middle class - which has
refused to be co-opted<>
<http://www.nodo50.org/iraq/2004-2005/docs/represion_13-10-05.html> by the
US occupation - is being decimated, with far-reaching consequences for the
future of Iraq.

Already on July 14, 2004, veteran correspondent Robert Fisk reported from
Iraq that: "University staff suspect that there is a campaign to strip Iraq
of its academics, to complete the destruction of Iraq's cultural identity
which began when the American army entered Baghdad."

The wave of assassinations appears non-partisan and non-sectarian,
targeting women as well as men, and is countrywide.  It is indiscriminate
of expertise: professors of geography, history and Arabic literature as
well as science are among the dead.  Not one individual has been
apprehended in connection with these assassinations.

According to the United Nations University, some 84 per cent of Iraq's
institutions of higher education have already been burnt, looted or
destroyed.  Iraq's educational system used to be among the best in the
region; one of the country's most important assets was its well-educated
people.

This situation is a mirror of the occupation as a whole: a catastrophe of
staggering proportions unfolding in a climate of criminal disregard.  As an
occupying power, and under international humanitarian law, final
responsibility for protecting Iraqi citizens, including academics, lies
with the United States. 

With this petition we want to break the silence.

1. We appeal to organisations which work to enforce or defend international
humanitarian law to put these crimes on the agenda.  

2. We request that an independent international investigation be launched
immediately to probe these extrajudicial killings.  This investigation
should also examine the issue of responsibility to clearly identify who is
accountable for this state of affairs. We appeal to the special rapporteur
on summary executions at UNHCHR in Geneva.
<http://www.petitiononline.com/Iraqacad/petition.html>You can sign this
petition online or  send an email to
<mailto:info at brusselstribunal.org?subject=I%20sign%20the%20appeal%20to%20save%20Iraq%27s%20academics>info at brusselstribunal.org
This petition was launched by the BRussells Tribunal and is already
endorsed by CEOSI (Spain), the Portuguese hearing of the WTI,
Iraktribunal.de (Germany), the Swedish Antiwar committee, the IAC (USA),
the International Association of Middle East Studies (IAMES), the German
Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) and the European Association for
Middle Eastern Studies (EURAMES), and
<http://www.brusselstribunal.org/about.htm>several personalities, like Noam
Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Tony Benn, Eduardo Galeano, John Pilger and Michael
Parenti. <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/AcademicsPetitionList.htm>See the
list of principal endorsers.
Call for action to save Iraq's Academics 

1. We call upon all people, especially academics and students, to help end
the silence that  surrounds the ongoing crime of the assassination of Iraqi
academics and the destruction of Iraqi's educational infrastructure, and
support Iraqi academics' right and hope to live in an independent,
democratic Iraq, free of foreign occupation and hegemony. 

2. We urge that academic institutions and organisations declare solidarity
with their Iraqi colleagues. 

3. We urge that academics forge links between Iraqi educators, both in
exile and in Iraq, and universities worldwide. 

4. We urge that student organisations link with Iraqi student organisations.

5. We urge that educators mobilise colleagues and concerned citizens to
take up the cause of the salvation of Iraq's intellectual wealth, by
organising seminars, teach-ins and forums on the plight of Iraq's
academics. 

The world's academics and intellectuals must act now to save the lives of
their colleagues in Iraq.

[The BRussells Tribunal, in cooperation with other organisations, has
started to build a network of contacts and raise public awareness and can
provide information and support to individuals and groups who wish to
mobilise on this issue.  We are able to act as a depository and hub for
this campaign]

<http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics.htm>http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics.htm

Many academics have been killed in Iraq since the American occupation began
according to the Iraqi Union of University Lecturers.

The most striking fact is that the majority of those killed where not
sciencists (thus targeted for the alleged knowledge of Iraq's weapon's
programme) but were involved in field of humanities (such as law, geography
and history). The motives for these assassinations are unknown.

This 'war on Learning', as Robert Fisk, a reporter in Iraq for the
Independent called it, is making Iraqi intellectual's work impossible and
further augments the view that a 'normal life' in Iraq is far too dangerous
for them. According to an article in the Times Higher Education Supplement:
'there is a widespread feeling among the Iraqi academics that they are
witnessing a deliberate attempt to destroy intellectual life in Iraq'.
Furthermore, quoting Dr Sinawi - a geologist formerly employed at Baghdad
University and interview by THES- the academic dismissals, the
assassination of intellectuals will bring a 'disruption of higher education
in Iraq for years to come. This will dramatically affect the standard of
teaching and research for generations'. Source:
<http://www.nearinternational.org/alerts/iraq320040915en.php>http://www.nearinternational.org/alerts/iraq320040915en.php
Many academics in Iraq are imprisoned, were discharged, have disappeared,
or were forced into exile.  This web page has been created to document
these facts.

<http://www.brusselstribunal.org/academicsList.htm>Here is an incomplete
list of murdered Iraqi academics
<http://www.iraqsolidaridad.org/2004-2005/docs/represion_11-11-05.html>Lista
de profesores universitarios asesinados en Iraq

Further reading:
-
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/48D3105B-C3BA-4B82-A01C-D8D05892A36D.htm>Iraqi
intellectuals under siege - Al Jazeera, 29 Febr 2004.
-
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FBE0836E-F273-4A36-8347-66BE05F39475.htm>Iraqi
intellectuals flee 'death squads' - Al Jazeera, 30 March 2004.
- <http://csmonitor.com/2004/0430/p11s01-woiq.html>Death to those who dare
to speak out - CS Monitor 30 April 2004.
-
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/03618D7F-C0A9-4F99-954D-9D028D6D2123.htm>Iraqi
intellectuals appeal for security - Al Jazeera 19 May 2004.
- <http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/archives/dispatches/000013.php>"It has
begun." - Dahr Jamail, 13 June 2004.
- <http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/694/re7.htm>Where is this going? - Al
Ahram 16 June 2004.
- <http://www.robert-fisk.com/articles414.htm>Academics targeted as murder
and mayhem hits Iraqi colleges - Robert Fisk  14 July 2004.
- <http://www.newstatesman.com/200409060018>The slaughter of Iraq's
intellectuals - The New Statesman, 06 Sept 2004.
- <http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0921/p06s01-woiq.html>Iraq losing its best
and brightest, CS Monitor 21 Sept 2004.
-
<http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=43896&SelectRegion=Iraq_Crisis&SelectCountry=IRAQ>IRAQ:
Rising threat against academics fuels brain drain -IRIN news  28 Oct 2004.
- <http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/boardletters.htm#11-05-04>Joint Statement
by MESA, AAUP, AAAS, 05 Nov 2004.
- <http://science-iraq.blogspot.com/2004/12/sinister-campaign.html>A
Sinister Campaign, 11 Dec 2004.
-
<http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2005-01-16-academics-assassinations_x.htm>Approximately
300 academics have been killed - 17 Jan 2005.
- <http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/HAS505B.html>The Destruction of
Iraq's Educational System under US Occupation - Ghali Hassan 11 May 2005.
- <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/healthworkers.htm#healers>Iraq healers
have become targets , IHT 31 May 2005.
- <http://www.uruknet.info/?s1=1&p=16140&s2=26>Medics fleeing Iraq's
violence in their thousands, 25 Sept 2005.
- <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/pdf/Iraq_science.pdf>In the line of
Fire, AAAS 30 Sept 2005.
-
<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2C0DF1DB-10B4-45EE-B890-30BA350A44FA.htm>Everyone
is a target in Iraq, Al Jazeera 14 Oct 2005.
-
<http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/publ/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=4354e3594&page=publ>Guidelines
Relating to the Eligibility of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers October 2005, UNHCR
Report [PDF]
- <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/Academics.htm#science>Iraq's Science
Community: to be or not to be
- <http://www.workers.org/2005/world/iraq-1208/>Who's killing Iraqi
intellectuals? - 03 Dec 2005.
More than 250 Iraqi college professors assassinated
<http://www.aaup.org/Issues/international/country/Iraq.htm>http://www.aaup.org/Issues/international/country/Iraq.htm

The International Coalition of Academics Against Occupation (ICAAO) has
issued the following statement on the assassination of Iraqi intellectuals
(8/11/04):

Even after the 'transfer of authority' the U.S. Government remains in de
facto military occupation of Iraq. The idea that the escalation of violence
can be put to an end by the 'interim' government, while 140,000 U.S troops
remain in control of major Iraqi cities like Mosul and Baghdad, is far from
the reality on the ground.

Overlooked by the U.S. Press is the escalating assassination of Iraqi
academics, intellectuals, and lecturers. More than 250 college professors
since April 30, 2003, according to the Iraqi Union of University Lecturers,
have been the targets of assassination. Among the 250 professors
assassinated to date include: Muhammad al-Rawi, President of Baghdad
University (July 27, 2003); Dr. Abdul Latif al-Mayah a Professor of
Political Science at Baghdad's Mustansiriya University (late January 2003);
Dr. Nafa Aboud, a Professor of Arabic Literature at the University of
Baghdad; Dr Sabri al-Bayati; a Geographer at the University of Baghdad; Dr.
Falah al-Dulaimi, Assistant Dean of College at Mustansariya University; Dr.
Hissam Sharif, Department of History of the University of Baghdad; and
Professor Wajih Mahjoub of the College of Physical Education.

Whoever is responsible for these targeted assassinations, the U.S. and its
Coalition of Allies , all of them commanding and controlling the ongoing de
facto occupation of Iraq-bear an international responsibility and
obligation to protect civilians living under occupation and who are
protected by the 4th Article of the Geneva Convention.

The Geneva Convention, which the U.S. and others nations have signed
without reservation, holds all occupying authorities responsible for the
condition pertaining to the lives of Iraqi intellectuals, professors, and
civilians of all types, including the further undermining of the already
sanctioned and utterly destroyed system of education in Iraq. We, the
undersigned, deplore the killing of professors, intellectuals and other
civilians, and urge a full Congressional investigation into the
circumstances that led to the ongoing, systematic and targeted
assassination of Iraqi intellectual, academics, and professors. According
to Union of Iraqi Lecturers, if "the stream of assassinations" continues
Iraqi Colleges and Universities will be left without a qualified teaching
staff.

Iraq's Science Community: to be or not to be 

British and American scientists and academics assisted the birth of Iraq's
science community in the last century; can they help it now to be born
again?
Two international initiatives to help Iraqi scientists and academics to
reconstruct their community began two years ago. They were independent of
each other.  The first initiative was supported by American academic
institutions (see main text), the second by British counterparts.
International Symposium on Higher Education in Iraq is an initiative by a
group of expatriate Iraqi academics working in UK. "We are following
different avenues", says Dr. Gahzi Derwish, visiting professor of Surrey
University and member of the Symposium Organising Committee. "Our aim is to
explore the needs of universities in Iraq, help to set their priorities and
determine how best British Universities and other organizations can help in
restoring the once flourishing links between Iraq's academic institutions
and their correlatives in the west".
"Higher education has been the incubator of R&D in Iraq", says Dr. Derwish,
a veteran scientist who obtained his PhD in chemistry from the University
of London and held prestigious scientific posts in Iraq for four decades.
The public sector comprises 20 universities and 47 technical institutions
with about 350,000 students and 18,000 academic staff. There are also 10
private sector higher education colleges with some 15,000 students.
The Symposium, hosted last month by the University of Westminster in
London, was attended by 170 academics, 20 of them presidents, assistant
presidents and deans of Iraqi universities. Abbas Al-Hussainy, Secretary
General of the Symposium and senior lecturer at Westminster University,
said that they discussed with their British colleagues curriculum
modernization, ways to establish higher education policies and strategies
that can effectively deal with the challenges of the reconstruction period.
Parallel to the political issues being debated in Iraq; special workshops
in the Symposium were devoted to centralisation vs. de-centralisation, role
and regulation of private universities and radical rethinking of scientific
research in line with national needs.

Beyond discussing what needs to be done, some practical measures have
already been taken since the first Symposium held in January 2004. Dr.
Al-Hussainy said that several training workshops, research co-operations,
and academic/scientific visits for Iraqis were organised by a number of
British universities (Birmingham, Nottingham, John Moor, Bangor,
Westminster, Surrey, Cardiff, Greenwich). The Association of Iraqi
Academics in UK and a number of British universities have arranged donation
of books and scientific journals to Iraqi universities. The Association of
British Publishers invited Iraqi university librarians to attend the
British Book Fair and to establish contacts with UK publishers. British and
European universities offered scholarships for MSc and PhD degrees to six
Iraqi Universities.  Furthermore, the British Council contributed six-month
training courses for seven academics under the Chevening Technology
Enterprise Scholarship Programme.
Dr. Derwish points out that few scholarships and training courses will not
be sufficient to alleviate the tragic state engulfing Iraq's science
community. A recent Report from the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs in Baghdad stated "Iraq's university laboratories
suffered heavy damage during the US invasion two years ago and are
desperately short of essential equipment and chemicals needed to teach
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and several other science subjects. As a
result, 15 students or more have to share a single set of equipment during
practical experiments, three times more than the internationally
recommended maximum of five". University teachers grumble that thousands of
graduates are being turned out every year short on practical knowledge.
Iraqi scientists and academics are suffering the slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune as they face the constant danger of assassination and
kidnapping. According to Sami Mudhaffar, minister of Higher Education and
Science Research, 54 Iraqi scientists and academics have been assassinated.
In an interview to London based Arabic newspaper Ashahrq Alawsat, Dr.
Mudhaffar expressed his regret for accepting ministerial responsibility
"only one of 14 reconstruction projects ready for implementation has been
carried out". The reason, he said is the "halt of ministry expenditure". He
added, "All the talk about international donations is an empty promise.
Many of the 200 contracts and agreements that were signed didn't benefit
the country. On the contrary they added more debts to an already heavily
debited nation". 

M.A

H.A



Recent examples of killed Academics

  August 5 2005
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source from university of almustansiria university said that, some unknowns
fired a flow of bullets, Dr Zaki Bakir Alaany,the lecturer in college of
literature and Dr Hashim Abdulameer ,the lecturer in college education,
while they were on their way out from the university gate. On the other
hand Dr Sameer yelda was kidnapped from outside the gate of the university,
the day before yesterday. It is known that 55 university professors were
assassinated after the fall of the past regeme; this forced many university
professors to leave IRAQ.


University Professor in Basrah is kidnapped
Reference:
Aliraqnew
12/9/2005
Unknown armed group has kidnapped Dr professor Haithem Ooda, deputy head of
chemical engineering department in the University of Albasrah while he was
on his way to office on Monday.
Eye witnesses said that unknown car has stopped the professor while he was
on his way to the office, then three armed men forced him to inter their
car and took him to unknown direction. It is mentioned that university
professors from Basrah city, south of IRAQ were targets of assassinations,
arresting and eliminating by armed groups linked with the incoming parties
from outside the borders together with US occupation.
University professors are worried from these accidents in the beginning of
the new academic year.

2005-09-18  - 09:43:56
30 medical doctors were killed and 220 others were forced to immigrate
abroad during the past period
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After Dr Basil Abbas Husain ;the hurt specialist was martyred by the US
forces on the fifth of this month ,by mistake as they claimedŠand the
discovery of a car bomb which was about to explode the Karame hospital; the
ministry of health announced a campaign to speak about the doctors who were
victimised because of their human duties and who are exposed to kidnapping
 or forcing their families to pay ransoms also the  number of doctors who
left the country for good became hundreds. The deputy health minister Dr
Jaleel Alshammary   declared that the martyred doctors so far are 30,
whereas those who were forced to immigrate or threatened to immigrate
abroad  are more than 220 medical doctor,. in addition to those who were
kidnapped. The ministry of high education announced that the number of
immigrated university professors are  more than2000 so far. This obliged
the ministry to close down 125 high degree branches whereas Jordan and
Syria became full of the Iraqi medical doctors who are looking for jobs, so
the Syrian government has opened a new hospital composed of the Iraqi
doctors who immigrated from their own country.

The Dean of the college of political science in the University of Mousil
was saved from assassination.
Dr Talal Aljaleely; the Dean of the  political science college, and his son
were saved from an attempt to assassinate them by a group of armed men,
after they opened fire of light weapons against them, in front of their
house, which is located in the university site, while they were about to
leave out.
A medical source from the hospital of educational alzahrawy hospital
declared that Dr Aljaleely was shot in his back, while his son was shot in
his leg. The source assured that their state became stable after they
received a surgical intervention.

12/09/2005

Dear Colleague

I would like to inform you of the sad news of the murder of Dr Wissam Al
Hashimi in Baghdad in  August this year.

Ina Lil Allah Waina Elaehe Rageoun.

This is another Iraqi scientist killed in Baghdad by the "organised
criminal and or organised terrorists". Another number to be add to body
count of civilian Iraqis since the "Liberation" which now amounts of more
than 1000 Doctors and University staff murdered and thousands of similar
qualifications who have been forced out of Iraq since the "liberation." The
total death toll of civilian Iraqis ranges between 25,000-160,000 depending
on your side of the political fence.

Dr Al Hashimy was until his murder the president of the Union of Arab
Geologists. He persevered in serving Iraq throughout his career and helped
improve the co-operation between Geologists in Arab countries. He organised
several (GEOCOME) conference of the Arab Geologists Union under difficult
conditions in several Arab capitols, including Cairo, Baghdad, Amman,
Beirut, etc. and he was planning another GEOCOME conference in Abu Dhabi in
early 2006.

Dr Wissam Al Hashimi is an internationally known experts in Carbonates, and
he is well known for his important contributions to dolomite and
dedolmitisation in and outside Iraq. He was killed while he was preparing
his last paper "Porosities Of Carbonate Reservoirs Of The Mesopotamian
Basin: An Insight Into Their Origin" to be delivered in the AAPG
International Conference and Exhibition in Paris in the Wednesday 14/9/05
morning session.

He will be remembered by many Iraqi student of Geology whom he supervised
and or helped with their PhD and MSc projects.

Attached is an emotional letter from his daughter Tara to Dr Sadooni.

If you are like me was thinking of attending the planned Iraqi Higher
Education Conference in Baghdad later this year or earlier next year, I
would rethink again.

Regards,

M W IBRAHIM  

Dear Mr.Sadooni,
I am Tara Al-Hashimi the daughter of the late Dr. Wissam Al-Hashimi. I'd
like to inform you that my father (Dr. AL- Hashimi) has died. He was
kidnapped early in the morning on the 24th Aug 2005 while going to work,
his recent papers were stolen. A ransom was given but unfortunately he was
shoot twice in the  head and died. May his soul rest in peace. As his ID
was taken from him it took us about 2 weeks to find his body in one of
Baghdad's hospitals.
Lately he was very busy preparing a paper that he was going to talk about
it in a meeting in Paris, Unfortunately he will not be able to attend the
meeting. On behalf of myself and the family we would like that at least the
abstract of his paper remains in the meeting's agenda and to be lectured by
someone else.
NB: please contact me as soon as possible

Regards
Tara Al-Hashimi

University Professor was exposed to armed assault
ËÝ“«”ŠÝ«”«‘»«-Ý«”?-«’݆݆͊Ý2005-11-15  - 13:50:17
The Iraqi News Agency

«·«¦ÝÂ'¦-Ý·ÍÝ«”'-׊ݫ”?-«’ÍŠÝ«ÊÝ«”¦“ Ë-Ýë"ÂÝÂÕ¦Ý?Âͦݓ”ÍŠÝ«”«¦«»Ý·ÍÝ«”ëÂ?ŠÝ«”Â" Ê'-ÍŠÝÊëÝÂÊÝÂÕ«Ë”ŠÝ«Ž Í«”Ý«¦ Ý«”ÈÝÂ’ ”Ý"«?’ÁÝË ?-÷Ý«”?Âͦݫ”ÈÝÃ-ËÕÝË«'«-« Ý«”Â'«¦-Ý«ÊÝÂ"”ÕÍÊÝÂÃÁË”ÍÊÝÁ«ÃÂË«Ý"Í«-ŠÝ ?˦ݫ”ÈÝË"«-ŠÝ«” ?”ÍÂ
˫ה’Ë«Ý«”Ê«-Ý?”ÍÁ«Ý«ݫ¦ÈÝ«”ÈÝÂ’ ”Ý«”"«?’Ý·ÍÝ«”Õ«”ÝË«'«»ŠÝ?Âͦݫ”“”ÍŠÝ»Ã-ËÕÝ‘×Í-ŠÝÊ’”Ý?”ÈÝ«À-Á«Ý«”ÈÝ«”Â" '·È
Iraqi police source announced that Dr Jasim Mohammed the dean of literature
college of the University of Al-Mustansiria has escaped from an
assassination attempt that caused the death of his driver, while he was
wounded. The sources has pointed out that unknown armed men had attacked a
car belongs to the ministry of high education,  opening fire towards it,
that lead to the killing of the car driver promptly and caused dangerous
injuries to the dean of the college, who was transferred to the hospital.

«Ž Í«”ݫզݫ»-"Ý«‘'«?ÍÍÝ«”«Â-«÷Ý«”‘»ÍÀŠÝ·ÍÝ«”?-«’
Assasination of one of the distinguished specialists in malignant deseases
 «Ž «”ÝÂÃÁË”ËÊÝ«”ÍËÂÝ«”¦“ Ë-Ý®Ý"«ÂÍ݈ÍÂÊÝ©Ý·Íݦ«-ÁÝ«”“«?ÊÝŽ-»Ý¦ÍÊŠÝ “-Í Ý¨ÝË«·«¦ Ý?«?”ŠÝ«”’ ͔ݻ«ÊÝÂÃÂË?ŠÝÂ"”ÕŠÝ’«Â Ý» ×Ë͒ݦ«-ÁÝË’ ”Áݫ«ÂÝ«»Ê«¡ÁÝ’»”Ý«ÊÝ ”Ë-Ý»«”·-«-ݨÝÍ-“-Ý«ÊÝ«”¦“ Ë-Ý®Ý"«ÂÍ݈ÍÂÊÝ©ÝÍ?¦ÝÂÊÝ«»-"Ý«‘'«?ÍÍÝ«”«Â-«÷Ý«”Â"ÂÊŠÝË«”‘»ÍÀŠ
Dr Sami Aymen was assassinated by unknowns in his house, that is located in
the west of tikreet city. The family of the victim declared that a group of
armed group had surrounded his house and killed him in front of his sons
and escaped. Dr sami aymen was one the distinguished specialists in the
field of malignant and chronic diseases

. .
The Iraqi university staff had lost a new martyr, who was assassinated by
gun men today, in the west of Baghdad. A spokesman from the ministry of
interior affairs said that, criminals attacked the martyred Saad Yaseen
Al-Ansary, the professor in the University of Baghdad, while he was driving
his car in Saydia district, accompanied by his wife, who was injured by the
betrayal bullets, then transported to the hospital. A source has mentioned
a police man was martyred in the same district today, by unknown criminals,
while others had assassinated an engineer in Al-Ameen district, in addition
to that, a dead body was found with his hands bound together and his eyes
wrapped in Sulaik district, and then shot dead.

Ë"«-ŠÝ«” ?”ÍÂÝ ?”ÊÝ«Ž Í«”ÝÀ”«ÀŠÝ?”«¡Ý»Ã«Â?ŠÝ»Ž¦«¦
The ministry of high education announces, the assassination of three
scientists from the University of Baghdad


»Ž¦«¦†Ýˆ?”Ê ÝË"«-ŠÝ«” ?”ÍÂÝ«”?«”ÈÝË«”»ÕÀÝ«”?”ÂÈÝ«”?-«’ÍŠÝ«Ž Í«”ÝÀ”«ÀŠÝ?”«¡ÝË«"« -ŠÝÍ?”ËÊÝ·ÈÝëÂ?ŠÝ»Ž¦«¦Ý‘”«”Ý«”«Í«ÂÝ«”’”Í”ŠÝ«”«÷ÍŠÝÆÝË«'¦- Ý«”Ë"«-ŠÝ»Í«Ê«ÎÝë¡Ý·ÍÁ݉ÊÝ«”?”«¡Ý«”-ÍÊÝ«Ž ͔˫ÝÁÂÝ«”¦“ Ë-ÝÁÍ“”ÝÂÕ¦ݫ”ÂË"ËÈÝ«”«" «-Ý·ÈÝ“”ÍŠÝ׻ݫ”“ʦÈÝÕÍÀÝ ÂÝ«Ž Í«”ÁÝ·ÈÝÂÊ×’ŠÝ«”'”Í‘Ý«”æͦݻ«”?«'ŠݻŽ¦«¦¨ÝË«”¦“ Ë-Ý"?¦ÝÍ«"ÍÊÝ«”«Ê'«-ÈÝ«”«" «-Ý»“”ÍŠÝ«”?”ËÂÝ«”-ÈÝ«Ž ͔ݫÀÊ«¡Ý‘-ËÃÁÝÂÊÝÂÊ"”Á¨Ý»«”«÷«·ŠÝ‰”ÈÝ«”¦“ Ë--?¦ÝÂÕ"ÊÝÂ×-Ý«”ÂË”ÈÝ-?Í"Ý’"ÂÝ?”ËÂÝ«”ÕÍ«ŠÝ·ÈÝ“”ÍŠÝ«”?”ËÂÝÕÍÀÝ ÂÝ«Ž Í«”ÁÝ·ÈÝ?Í«¦ Á
Baghdad: The ministry of high education and scientific research had
announced, the assassination of three scientists and professors, working in
the University of Baghdad, during the past few days. The ministry has named
the assassinates as; Dr Haikal Mohammed al-Moosawy, from the Kindy medical
college, who was assassinated in Al Sulaik district in Baghdad, and Dr Saad
Yaseen Al-Ansary the professor from the college of science, who was
assassinated just outside his house, in addition to Dr Raad Muhsin Mutar
Al-Mawla, the head of the biological sciences in the college of science,
who was assassinated in his clinic.


Ž Í«”ÝÂ"«?¦Ý?Âͦݓ”ÍŠÝ«” -»ÍŠÝ·ÍÝ«”ëÂ?ŠÝ«”Â" Ê'-ÍŠ
24-11-2005
Assassination of the deputy head of the college of education in the
University of Al-Mustansria
Ž «”ÝÂ"”ÕËÊÝÂÃÁË”ËÊÝÂ"«¡Ý«”ÍËÂÝ«”«-»?«¡ÝÂ"«?¦Ý?Âͦݓ”ÍŠÝ«” -»ÍŠÝ·ÍÝ«”ëÂ?ŠÝ«”Â" Ê'-ÍŠÝË"«?’ÁÆÝË’«”Ý«”-«?¦Ý?”ÍÝ'«”ÕÝÂÊÝ'-׊ݻŽ¦«¦¢«ÊÝÂ"”ÕÍÊÝÂÃÁË”ÍÊÝÁ«ÃÂË«Ý«”¦“ Ë-Ý“«ÿeducation in the Al-Mustansiria University on Wednesday night and his car
driver. Major Raed Ali Salih from Baghdad police declared that; unknown
armed men had attacked Dr kadhim talal husain the deputy dean of the
college of education in the Al-Mustansiria University; on 6pm tonight,
while he was in Alsulaikh district, in the north east of Baghdad, and shot
him dead. The source added; that the car driver was shot dead in that
attack as well, while the armed men had escaped after committing their
crime.

Islamic memo(special):the Islamic memo correspondent in Al- Basra city ,
south of Iraq said that more than 20 medical doctors and university
professors, had received threats to be killed during the past two days ,by
unknowns
The correspondent said that one of the distinguished heart surgeons in
Al-Basra city received a written threat that says(get out of from Al-Basra
city or you will be killed), whereas another professor from the university
of Al-Basra city said; that he found a paper on Saturday morning saying
(get out you dirty sunny, or you will be slaughtered like the camel)
Our correspondent said that all the professors and medical doctors are
thinking to flee from the city after the threats, that they described  as
serious, accusing elements of Badr brigade, the military wing of the IRSC,
islamii revolution supreme council, in Iraq, that is lead by Abdul
Azeez`Al-Hakeem.

It is mentioned that two of those who received the threats, were
assassinated writhen the past two days; namely Dr Saad Alrubaiee and the
professor of the biological sciences in the college of science Dr Omer
Fakhri

 Assassination of academic from the institute of fine arts  26-12-2005

«Ž «”ÝÂ"”ÕËÊÝÂÃÁË”ËÊÝ«" «-«ÝëÂ?Í«Ý·ÍÝÂ?Á¦Ý«”·ÊËÊÝ«”ÃÂÍ”ŠÝ'»«ÕÝ«”ÍËÂÝ«”«ÀÊÍÊÝ·ÍÝÂÊ×’ŠÝ«”×Ë»ÃÍÝ»»Ž¦«¦ÆÝË’«”ÝÂ'¦-Ý·ÍÝË"«-ŠÝ«”¦·«?Ý«ÊÝÂ"”ÕËÊݫה’Ë«ÝË«»”«ÝÂÊÝ«”-'«'Ý?”ÈÝ«”«" «-ÝÊË·”Ý«Õ¦ݷÍÝ«”"«?ŠÝ«”À«ÂÊŠÝ'»«Õ«Ý«ÀÊ«¡Ý‘-ËÃÁÝÂÊÝÂÊ"”ÁÝ ËÃÁ«Ý«”ÈÝÂ’-Ý?”Á¢ÆÝË”ÂÝ  Ë·-ÝÂ?”Ë« Ý ·'͔͊Ý?ÊÝ«"»«»Ý«”Õ«¦ÀÝ«”ÈÝ«”¬ÊÆ
Unknown armed men had assassinated a university professor of the institute
of fine arts, on Monday morning in Toopchy district in Baghdad. A source
from the ministry of defence said that; armed men fired a stream of bullets
towards professor Nawfal Ahmed,on eight  morning, while he was getting out
of his house, heading to his working office. No detailed information was
available about the causes of this incident so far.

 Assassination Of University Academic 25-12-2005

«?”ÊÝÂ'¦-Ý·ÍÝ'-׊ݻ«»”Ý«”ÍËÂÝ«ÊݦË-Í« Ý«”'-׊Ý?À- Ý?”ÈÝÃÀŠÝ«”«" «-Ý«”ëÂ?ÍÝ®ÂÕ"ÊÝ"”Í«ÊÝ«”?Ã͔ͩݫ”-ÍÝÍ?”ݷÍÝëÂ?ŠÝ»«»”Ý·Íݦ«-ÁÝ»ÂÊ×’ŠÝ«”Ž«»« Ý«” «»?ŠÝ”Ê«ÕÍŠÝû”ŠÝ'«”ݦÍÊŠÝ«”Õ”ŠÝ¨ÝË«÷«·Ý«”Â'¦-Ý«ÊÝ'Á˦Ý?Í«ÊÝ«·«¦Ë«Ý»«ÊÝÂ"”ÕÍÊÝÂÃÁË”ÍÊÝ«’ ÕÂË«ÝÂÊ"”Ý«”«" «-Ý«”ëÂ?ÍÝË’ ”ËÁÝ’»”Ý«ÊÝÍ”Ë-Ë«Ý»«”·-«-ÝÆÝÍ-“-Ý«ÊÝÕ«”« ÝÂ'«»ÁŠÝ?¦Í¦ŠÝÕ'” ݦËÊÝ«ÊÝ ?”ÊÝ«ÍŠÝÃÁŠÝÂ"ŸË”Í Á«Ý?ÊÁ«Æ

Police source in Babylon had announced today; that police patrols had found
the body of the university academic Muhsin Suleiman Alageely, who was
working in the university of Babylon, in his house, which is located in the
forest area in Hillah city.
The source added that eyes witneses said that armed unknowns had stormed
the house of the university professor and killed him, before fleeing away.
It is mentioned that many similar cases had occurred with no claim of
responsibility.


 <http://www.brusselstribunal.org/academicsList.htm>Incomplete list of
killed Iraqi academics -
<http://www.iraqsolidaridad.org/2004-2005/docs/represion_11-11-05.html>Lista
de profesores universitarios asesinados en Iraq