Stop the destruction of Iraq's culture and education.

Stop the Assassination of Iraqi Academics !

 

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*  Incomplete list of murdered Iraqi academics - [See List as PDF file - updated 10/01/2011]

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*  Appeal on assassinated Iraqi academics: Frequently Asked Questions [FAQ]  

 

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Irin News: IRAQ: Activists call for protection of academics, 15 Jan 2006

 

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Articles PDF file
Who Assassinated Iraqi Academics? (FPIF, January 6, 2011) 12
Mossad Killing All Muslim Nuclear Scientists (January 5, 2011) 12
As if Saddam never was (December 31, 2010) 12
Gunmen seriously wound President of Mosul University (December 20, 2010) 12
Christian female university student abducted in Mosul (December 15, 2010) 12
Iraq’s education ministry bans theatre & music classes (07 December 2010) 12
Gunmen kill higher education ministry’s official in Baghdad (November 23, 2010) 12
Tight security measures near Mosul university (November 9, 2010) 12
Armed men rob salaries of one of East Baghdad’s Rusafa Education Directorate’s salaries (October 25, 2010) 12
3 education ministry staff killed, 1 wounded in Falluja (October 9, 2010) 12
Jadiriya bombing targeted higher education undersecretary (October 4, 2010) 12
Gunmen shoot dead univ. professor in Mosul (October 3, 2010) 12
Bomb explodes in front of Mosul Faculty of Medicine (September 30, 2010) 12
A Message From Iraq to Its Exiled Scholars: Please Consider Returning Home (September 29, 2010)

An Exiled Professor's Questions for Iraq's Higher-Education Minister (October 10, 2010)

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Corruption in Iraq’s school system  (September 28, 2010) 12
Illiteracy Rate in Iraq Climbs among Highest in the Region (28 Sep 2010) 12
Violence raises school dropout numbers (Al Arabiya, 15 September 2010) 12
Back to School Jihad in Iraq (Sep 2nd 2010) 12
GIRLS EDUCATION IN IRAQ 2010 (Unicef 01 Sep 2010) 12
IRAQ: Trauma leaves an indelible mark (IRIN, 01 September 2010) 12
1 Kurdish security killed, 1 student abducted in Kirkuk (August 24, 2010) 12
Gunmen take away salaries of Baghdad University’s Veterinary College (August 22, 2010) 12
Falluja police arrest two gunmen involved in killing scholar (August 19, 2010 ) 12
Iraq's Best and Brightest Gone Missing (August 16, 2010) 12
The Humanitarian Situation Within Iraq (16 August 2010) 12
Iraqi pharmacist coming from US killed in Kut (August 15, 2010) 12
Factsheet on Iraqi Youth (12 Aug 2010) 12
Gunmen kill hospital director in Baghdad (August 11, 2010) 12

Report acknowledges need for development in Iraq (UNDP 10 August 2010)

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An Iraqi student in nuclear physics murdered in Baghdad (21 July 2010) 12
Police find decomposed body of Baghdad University professor )Azzaman, July 15, 2010)  11
University professor shot dead in Baghdad (14 July 2010) 11
Iraq's once proud educational system still lives in fear (CSM 13 July 2010) 11
Military force storms Mosul university  (July 12, 2010) 11
Iraq recovery at risk without more effective aid, warn aid agencies  (July 9, 2010) 11
Saddam Hussein Struck Out of History to Split Iraq Even More (Pravda.Ru 06.07.2010) 11
Breaking the cycle: Iraqi refugee students in Syria need help to go back to school (UNICEF 06 Jul 2010) 11
In Rewriting Its History, Iraq Treads Cautiously (NYT, June 29, 2010) 12
Iraqis in Exile: Saving a Generation of Scholars by Caroline Stauffer June 2010 11
Education for Peace and Prosperity in Iraq and Beyond (28/05/2010) 11
Iraq's political crisis disheartens the middle class (LATimes 19 May 2010) 11
Gunmen kidnap student in Wassit May 12, 2010 11
Iraq On Air: Should Girls Study? May 11, 2010 11
Gunmen kill student, injure civilian in Mosul  May 10, 2010 11
Muslim Students Stage Sit-In To Support Christians At Iraqi University (May 07, 2010) 12
Academic Freedom in Iraq (May 6, 2010) 12
Kidnapped student found dead in Mosul May 6, 2010 11
Mosul blast, targeting 2 buses with Christian students, casualties up to 95,  May 2, 2010 11
Student killed, another wounded in Kirkuk  April 27, 2010 11
Two university students killed, one injured in Iraq shooting Apr 27, 2010 11
Increased funding needed to ensure quality education in Iraq – UN (20 April 2010) 11
On Global Action Week for Education the UN Calls for More Funds to Improve Access to Quality Public Education in Iraq (UNAMI 20 Apr 2010) 11
Send In the Professors (NYT April 8, 2010) 11
Education in Iraq: April 2010 (Full report) PDF 11
Education in Iraq: Facts and Figures, April 2010 11
Destroying educational institutions or using them for military purposes is a war crime. (Dirk Adriaensens, 23 March 2010) 11
Mosul University’s students protest against arresting professor March 15, 2010 11
OHIO offers Iraqi scholar refuge, opportunity (01 March 2010) 10

Iraq: EI protests against the continued harassment of union leaders (26 Feb 2010)

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Silencer guns kill 67 in one day in Baghdad By Anwar Jumaa (Azzaman 23 Feb 2010) 10
Christian Student Killed in Iraq; Fourth Murder in Days Thu, Feb. 18 2010 11
Education under Attack 2010 – Iraq (Unesco 10 Feb 2010) 10
200 Russian scholarships to Iraqis January 6, 2010 11

-          MP: Education in Iraq gets no enough funding in 2010 (Aswat Al-Iraq – 04 Jan 2010)

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In Iraq, a Rash of Assassination Attempts (AINA 26 Dec 2009) 10
Uni. professor escapes attempt on life in Falluja - December 23, 2009 10
Son of uni. professor released by police - December 14, 2009 10
Middle-East Scholars Hear of Academic Repression in Iraq and Iran (The Chronicle of Higher Education David Glenn 24 Nov 2009) 10
WFP Launches School Meals Pilot Programme in Iraq (WFP,17 November 2009) 12
Iraqi Campus Is Under Gang’s Sway (NYT 20 Oct 2009) 10
Top Iraq university closed temporarily (sfgate 20/10/2009) 10
Professors who fled Iraq return to find jobs scarce  (USA Today 14/10/2009) 11
Iraq suspends university for politics (AP 14 October 2009) 10
Bomb targets house of college professor in Mosul September 30, 2009 10
Higher Education in Iraq Under Attack [PDF] Hester Luna Paanakker Msc - 127 pages - Sept 2009 10
Iraq: Massive Fraud and Corruption in Higher Education (Dirk Adriaensens, 14 Sept 2009) 10
Once Seen As A Model, Iraq Struggles To Rebuild Its Education System (RFERL September 08, 2009) 10
The Destruction is So Deep (September 03, 2009) 10

The US War against Iraq: The Destruction of a Civilization (James Petras - Global Research, August 21, 2009)

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Iraq Rebuilds Higher Education Abroad (12 Aug 2009) 9

Unfairness is better than mercy !!!!!!!!!! (August 4, 2009)

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Iraq Education Initiative Scholarship Basics for Students (29 July 2009) 9
Hussam Mohammed Amin: Former Iraqi Weapons Monitor Describes U.S. Abuse For First Time (Michael Bronner  - Huffington Post, 23 July 2009) 9
Mobility Opportunities and Strategies for Iraqi Refugees in Jordan and Syria (30 June 2009) 12

Iraq Asks Professors to Return Home (22 June 2009)

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Five Students Arrested inside University (Heyetnet,16 June 2009)

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Key Sunni leader killed in Iraq as pullout nears (WP 13 June 2009) 8

Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq - Monday 18 May 2009

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U.S. forces wound professor north of Hilla May 17, 2009 10

Mekki: Corruption in Education Ministry (Heyetnet, 12 May 2009)

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Fortune and misfortune of the Iraqi scientific community (Mohamed Aref, 30 April 2009) 8
Another Iraqi professor killed (21 Apr 2009) 8

Spilled milk? Iraqi-American academics .. عشتار العراقية كشفت المستور (Imad Khadduri, April 18, 2009)

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Iraq, once a country of fervent readers, now starves for books (April 13, 2009)

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Iraq: EI seeks clarification on alleged harassment of teacher union by government (06 April 2009) 8
One third of Falluja youth illiterate, says study - Azzaman, March 27, 2009. 8
Cool welcome for Iraq's returning academics - Reuters, 25 March 2009. 8
Three things the government should do to save Iraq - Azzaman, March 19, 2009. 8
Iraqi Academe, How Can We Help? (March 16, 2009) 11

-          A university professor killed in Mosul (15 March 2009)

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Iraq: University students protest arrest of colleagues in campus - Azzaman 13 Mar 2009

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IRAQ: Higher education's uncertain future (Kate Robertson 01 March 2009) 9

MP: Iraq Needs 4,000 New Schools to Meet Demand (25 Feb 2009)

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Rebuilding science in Iraq (Brendan O'Malley, 27 Jan 2009)

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A Top Sunni Survives an Attack in Iraq (NYT 29 Jan 2009) 8
University dean survives Baghdad bomb; 4 dead (CNN 21 Jan 2009) 8
Four students killed in Iraqi violence ahead of polls - AFP, 21 Jan 2009. 8

4 Sound Bombs Explode Inside Mosul University, 15 January 2009 ( Voices of Iraq )

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Iraq Appeals to Exiled Professionals to Come Home, 24 Dec 2008 (Reuters) 7
University Condemns U.S. Troops Storming of Campus, 24 Dec 2008 (Azzaman) 7
Baghdad's defiant students - Al Jazeera, 06 Dec 2008. 9
Academics Struggle for Civil Society in Iraq (November 25, 2008) 11
Education in Iraq and the Specter of Sectarianism, 19 November 2008 (Aswat Al Iraq) 8
Academics in Danger Need Our Help, Nov 2008 6

Salah al-Din local council member, son sentenced to death, 10 Nov 2008

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IRAQ: Killing academics is a war crime (09 Nov 2008) 6
GLOBAL: Education under attack (09 Nov 2008) 6
IRAQ: Killing academics is a war crime (Brendan O'Malley, 09 Nov 2008) 8
University Life in Baghdad: An Improvement in Safety but Political and Religious Influences Remain - 09 Nov 2008. 8

Female student shot outside university, 06 Nov 2008

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Iraqi officials, academics concerned over education in their country - 01 Nov 2008. 6

UNESCO plans conference on right to education in Iraq, 14 Oct 2008.

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Iraq struggles to stem ongoing brain drain (LATimes 10 Oct 2008) 8
Iraq too dangerous for many professionals - LA Times, 07 Oct 2008 6
Education under pressure in Iraq (UNICEF 15 Sept 2008) 8

Education in Iraq ...lack of planning and skillful teachers (28 Aug 2008)

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Professor assassinated, Iraqi soldier injured in Baghdad (25 Aug 2008) 8
Students Fail, Like So Much Else (Ali al-Fadhily and Dahr Jamail, 08 Aug 2008) 8
In Iraq -- A Generation with No Education (IRC 15 July 2008) 10

Fewer gunmen and bribes as Iraqi students take finals (09 July 2008)

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340 academics and 2,334 women killed in 3 years, Human Rights Ministry says, 02 July 2008 6

Human rights ministry says 1334 women killed in 3 years, 30 June 2008

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University students in Ninewa frightened as violence increases, 28 June 2008 6

Education in the New Iraq (29 June 2008)

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The destruction of Iraq's Education, Dirk Adriaensens 27 June 2008 10

PM urges Iraqi professionals to return home (Jun 22, 2008)

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More attacks reported against Iraqi universities, 19 June 2008 6
Higher Education Ministry condemns faculty attacks, 16 June 2008 6

4 killed, 10 wounded by violence until Monday afternoon, 16 June 2008

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Education Faculty's 2nd blast leaves 3 wounded, 16 June 2008 6
More attacks reported against Iraqi universities, 16 June 2008 6
University professor killed by bomb blast in Mosul, 02 June 2008 7
Iraqi Teachers’ Union asserts its independence from all political blocs (2 June 2008) 11
Iraq: Girls Denied Education (May 30, 2008) 9
Iraq's scientists still under threat (30 May 2008) 6

Scholars Under Siege, May 2008

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Iraq's deadly brain drain, 11 May 2008 6
‘Purging the Brains is a General Phenomenon’, 25 April 2008. 6
Violence in Iraq disrupts lives and education, 21 April 2008 5
Iraqi children desperate to learn in ruined schools, 21 April 2008 5
Protecting the professors, 19 April 2008 6
Business as usual, 02 April 2008. 5
The Iraqi Brain Suction - Imad Khadduri, 01 April 2008 5
Iraq's Collapsing Education - IOL, 26 March 2008. 5
Iraq Lost 5500 scientists since the Anglo-American Invasion - 21 March 2008 5
Iraq Press Roundup - 20 March 2008 5

Iraq: teachers told to rewrite history ( 14 March 2008)

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Iraq's New Insurance Policy Against Brain Drain - 11 March 2008 5
A Medal of Honor to the Iraqi Court - 05 March 2008 6
Iraq Brains Turn Laborers - AMSI 21 Feb 2008. 5
Iraq: The Road to Learning Can Be Dangerous - Dahr Jamail, 12 Feb 2008 5
IRAQ: Urgent action to save universities, 10 Feb 2008 6
Michael Schwartz, The Iraqi Brain Drain - Tomgram, 10 Feb 2008. 4
Academic exchanges under threat as scientists are refused entry visas – THES, 7 February 2008 7
Seven Questions: The De-Bremerification of Iraq - Foreign Policy, Jan 2008. 5
Iraq’s Scholars Reluctant to Return - IWPR, 18 Jan 2008. 4
Professionals and academics, and other social groups specifically targeted, many forced to flee (2007-2008) 7
Iraqi Intellectuals in Exile - 20 Dec 2007 5

IRAQ: Education Becomes the New Casualty in Baquba (10 Dec 2007)

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Mossad mission: Murder Iraqi scholars - 10 Dec 2007. 4
Hundreds protest attacks on intellectuals in Missan, 03 Dec 2007. 6

Corruption in Iraq: Where did they learn that? (02 Dec 2007)

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Iraqi pharmacists contend with violence, murder and uncertainty - 01 Dec 2007 [PDF] 5
Gunmen kill school principal in Baghdad, 15 Nov 2007. 5
Doors of learning reopen at Baghdad University (Nov 12, 2007) 9
A Civil War On Campus - Newsweek, 12 Nov 2007. 4
Violence forces scholars to become refugees - USA Today, 11 Oct 2007. 4
Iraq teacher slain in latest attack against educators ( Doug Smith, LATimes, 08 Nov 2007) 8
Sunni organization denounces US raid on al-Imam al-Aazam college, 04 Nov 2007 6
Back to School, Back to Horror (Ali Al-Fadlily 15 Oct 2007) 8
300 Iraqi Scientists Martyred, 3000 Migrated After Occupation: Parliament Committee Chief -  09 Oct 2007 4
Potential teachers…disaster to education, females more qualified - 09 Oct 2007. 4
Academia in the crosshairs - Boston Globe September 30, 2007. 8

Jordan helping international agency save Iraq scholars (September 21, 2007)

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Back to school: Education sector struggling to progress - AswatalIraq, 20 Sept 2007. 4
Back to School, Back to Horror (14 Sep 2007) 9

Secret Report: Corruption is "Norm" Within Iraqi Government (30 Aug 2007)

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Iraq's Endangered Schools (20 Aug 2007) 9
Cash injection for Iraqi scientist rescue fund, 20 Aug 2007. 5
Iraq's Elite Fleeing in Droves - Der Spiegel, 20 Aug 2007. 4
Gates Foundation to help Iraqi academics escape persecution - FT, 16 Aug 2007. 4
Iraqi refugee families need help to educate their children - UNHCR, 31 July 2007.  4
Fellowships for Threatened Scholars from Iraq - Institute of International Education (IIE), 31 July 2007. 4
UNHCR deputy chief urges Iraqi refugees to send children to school - UNHCR, 19 July 2007. 4
Iraqi Libraries and Archives in Peril: Survival in a time of Invasion, Chaos, and Civil Conflict, A Report – 14 July 2007 7
Saving Iraq’s Scholars, 17 July 2007. 5

Iraqi Academics Find Refuge In Damascus , 09 June 2007

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Ministry to insure and protect professors  - Irin, 08 July 2007. 4
Samarra security crackdown making life difficult for students - Irin, 28 June 2007. 4

Final exams in Baghdad (26 June 2007)

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In 2004 – with Saddam gone – 27 Iraqi students started their degree course full of hope. Today just 7 will sit their finals - Times Online, 23 June 2007. 4
Education International Barometer of Human & Trade Union Rights in Education, 19 June 2007 7
Ministry offers University professors life insurance, 12 June 2007. 6
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee - NYT 06 June 2007 5
Dreams of college destroyed in Iraq - Damien Cave, June 4, 2007 11
Iraqi scientists suffer both here and at home, THES 01 June 2007. 6
Extremists threaten new gov’t Internet project in universities - Irin, 27 May 2007. 3
Death Threats and Academia in Iraq - Der Spiegel 23 May 2007. 4
Scores killed and wounded in market blast as Iraqi army making plans for US withdrawal (22 May 2007) 8
Lives in limbo - Nature, 22 May 2007. 4
The US war and occupation of Iraq. The murder of a society - WSWS, 22 May 2007. 4
Iraq's Universities Near Collapse - The Chronicle Of Higher Education, 18 May 2007. 3
Iraq: Educational standards plummet, say specialists (16 May 2007) 9
The decapitation of secular Iraq - 15 May 2007. 4
Lessons in war: Iraqi students brave violence, teacher shortages and damaged schools - IHT, 14 May 2007. 4
The Flight From Iraq - Nir Rosen, 13 May 2007 5
Doctor father who was never to see his son - Sunday Times, 29 April 2007. 3
Education under attack - A global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions, UNESCO, 27 April 2007 [PDF] 6
Despite Baghdad "Security" plan: increase in assassinations of Iraqi academics - Dirk Adriaensens,  BRussells Tribunal, 19 April 2007. 3
Iraq’s education system on the verge of collapse - Dirk Adriaensens,  BRussells Tribunal, 18 April 2007. 3

Web claim: 20 Iraq security forces executed (CNN 17 April 2007)

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Blood on Textbooks: Campuses Under Fire - 16 April 2007 3
Bombings rattle classroom, unite students - CNN, 13 April 2007. 4
Universities in Iraq - Apr 7, 2007 8
Hassan Khalid Hayderi, Iraq “Either you give us good marks or you will die" - IRIN, 05 April 2007. 3
Theological university and seminary leave unsafe Baghdad and head north (01/04/2007) 10
Iraqi scholars fleeing violence find new homes at American universities, 27 March 2007. 6
A searing assault on Iraq's intellectuals - LATimes, 25 March 2007. 4
Iraqi Scholars fighting for an education - BBC, 24 March 2007. 3
No easy way in for Iraq's asylum academics - SciDev.Net, 22 March 2007. 4
Iraq: Schools and Universities Deserted for Fear of Violence - UN news, 15 March 2007. 4
Death batters at the doors of Iraq’s universities - 28 Feb 2007. 3
Woman Bomber Kills 41 at Baghdad College – ABC News, 26 Feb 2007. 4
Iraqi Professors Targeted in Baghdad Security - 21 Feb 2007. 3
Annals of Liberation: Bush Surge Accelerates Assault on Iraq Academics - Chris Floyd - 20 February 2007. 7
‘Security forces’ rob Baghdad academics - The Times - 17 Feb 2007. 3
Bomber strikes near Baghdad college - Al Jazeera, 13 Feb 2007. 3
Diala University professors suffering fears of physical liquidation – 12 Feb 2007. 4
Iraqi Education System Caught in Crossfire of Continued Conflict, 12 Feb 2007. 5
Amidst Iraq Chaos, Intellectuals Take Flight - Epoch Times, 08 Feb 2007. 4
Iraqi Education System Caught in Crossfire of Continued Conflict - PBS, 08 Feb 2007. 3
Chaos hastens Iraq brain-drain, 01 Feb 2007. 5

Iraq Losing More Brains (IslamOnLine 01 Feb 2007)

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Iraq's Brain Drain Leaves Hopeless Legacy - 01 Feb 2007. 4
Violence escalates against students and teachers in Iraq - WSWS, 31 Jan 2007. 3
Widespread condemnation of fatal attack on girl's school (29 Jan 2007) 9
Three Iraqi Law Professors, Student Kidnapped (29 Jan 2007) 9
University Failures Threaten Iraq's Professionals - NPR, 29 Jan 2007 3

Students, Professors Flee to the Kurdish North (28 Jan 2007)

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A Stroll Down Haifa Street In Baghdad (Layla Anwar 27 Jan 2007) 8

Death of Iraq's middle class: The country's best and brightest have fled, demolishing hope for the country's future ( January 25, 2007)

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Targeting Academics in Iraq, 23 Jan 2007 7
The Death of Iraq's Middle Class (22 Jan 2007) 8
Bombing latest blow to colleges - Wash. Times, 19 Jan 2007. 3
College students flee a system under siege- 18 Jan 2007. 5
Protect Iraq from a disastrous braindrain - 18 Jan 2007. 4
Universities in Iraq taking a hard hit (17 Jan 2007) 8
Deaths top 100 in Baghdad bombings, shootings - CNN, 17 Jan 2007. 4
Double bombing kills 65 students at Iraqi university - The independent - 17 Jan 2007. 3
The exodus of academics has lowered educational standards - IRIN, 7 Jan 2007. 3
Iraq's academics targeted by militias - BBC, 05 Jan 2007. 3
Iraqi academics at grave risk - Education International, 01 Jan 2007. 3
Mandatory university attendance in unstable Iraq angers many - 20 Dec 2006. 3
IRAQ: It's Either Occupation or Education (18 Dec 2006) 9
Professors in penury - The Guardian, 12 Dec 2006. 3
2 College profs among 23 slain in Iraq - Denver Post, 8 Dec 2006. 4
Iraqi Professionals Targeted for Abduction, Murder - Antiwar.com, 07 Dec 2006. 3
Iraq's universities are in meltdown - Independent, 07 Dec 2006. 3
Professionals Targeted in Iraq - Electronic Iraq - 06 Dec 2006. 2
UCU calls on members to support Iraqi academics - 30 Nov 2006. 3
Iraq's violent 'brain drain' called a threat to future - Boston Globe, 30 Nov 2006. 3
Iraq's Deadliest Zone: Schools - Washington Post, 27 Nov 2006. 4
For better and for worse - 25 Nov 2006. 2
The war on intellectuals claims lives and hope - Sami Ramadani, THES, 24 Nov 2006. 3
Action Needed Over Detention of Iraqi Education Ministry Officials - BRussells Tribunal press release, 22 Nov 2006. 2
EI protests against killing of teachers in Iraq (21 Nov 2006) 11
Iraq's education under siege, Dahr Jamail, 21 Nov 2006. 2
Murder, Fear Follow Iraqi Professors On Campus - 21 Nov 2006. 2
Genocide against Iraqi academics? - Al Jazeera.com, 19 Nov 2006. 3
They may look carefree, but this campus is now a battleground - Times, 17 Nov 2006. 4
Lecturing in the Iraqi war zone - Guardian, 17 Nov 2006. 2
Academics in Iraq: a vanishing breed? - 16 Nov 2006 3
Iraq: Brain drain poses threat to future - 16 Nov 2006. 2
In Iraqi Colleges, Fear for an Already Shrunken Realm – WP 16 Nov 2006 4
Scores of academics seized in mass kidnap - Guardian, 15 Nov 2006. 4
Education Ministry kidnappings reflect plight of Iraqi academics - SF Chronicle, 15 Nov 2006. 3
Ghosts of Jadiriyah. A survivor's testimony - Max Fuller, 14 Nov 2006. 3
Declaration Regarding The Widespread Violence In Iraq And The Killing Of University Professors, approved at the General Assembly of the Conference of Spanish University Rectors (CRUE) - 14 Nov 2006 6
SAR calls for urgent action to protect Iraqi higher education - SAR 14 Nov 2006. 3
Kidnappers Strike Iraqi Science - 14 Nov 2006. 4
IRAQ: Minister closes universities following mass kidnapping - IRIN, 14 Nov 2006. 4
Letter Regarding Murder of Two Professors - AAUP, 10 Nov 2006. 3
A Testimony Of An Iraqi Academic -  BRussells Tribunal, Nov 2006. 2
Death of a Scientist, 3 Nov 2006 7
Baghdad Bulletin: Death Stalks the Campus - Time, 02 Nov 2006. 2
Prominent Iraqi scientist killed by gunmen, 02 Nov 2006 5
Dr. Issam Al Rawi has been murdered - Dirk Adriaensens,  BRussells Tribunal, 30 Oct 2006. 2
Dr. Issam Al Rawi, Sunni activist professor, killed in Iraq, 30 Oct 2006. 2
University Professors in Iraq and Death Anxiety, BRussells Tribunal, October 2006. 2
Iraq’s health crisis, brain drain, Workers World, 26 Oct 2006. 2
Iraqi intellectuals seeking exile - 18 Oct 2006. 3
Annals of Liberation: The End of Education in Iraq (October 5, 2006) 9
Iraq's universities and schools near collapse as teachers and pupils flee - The Guardian, 05 Oct 2006. 3
Iraq Violence Leading to Academic Brain Drain - Aaron Glantz, 05 Oct 2006. 3
Iraqi education system on brink of collapse - Guardian, 4 Oct 2006. 4
800,000 Iraqi Children Not Attending School (Karen Button September 21, 2006) 9
Threatened teachers fleeing the country, IRIN, 24 Aug 2006. 2
Dentist claims Mossad is behind scientist killings, 29 July 2006. 5
Iraqi Academics Are Marked for Death, Human-Rights Groups Say - Zoepf, Katherine, Chronicle of Higher Education, 7 July 2006 7
ICSU Condemns Violence against Scientists in Iraq - July 2006 6
MESA and AAUP joint statement on Higher Education and Academic Freedom in Danger - 05 July 2006. 2
Iraq's situation much much worse - Guardian, 4 July 2006 . 4
Iraqi intellectuals targeted by assassins - 04 July 2006. 2
Hit list names hundreds of Iraqi scientists, 30 June 2006. 5
Targeted for Murder, Iraqi Scientists Named on a Hit List - AAAS, 30 June 2006. 5
Victims of Violence, Nature 29 June 2006. 5
Scientists become targets in Iraq - Nature, 29 June 2006 [PDF]. 2
Why many of Iraq's elite don't flee - CS Monitor, 22 June 2006. 2
The reality of Iraq's brain-drain, 05 June 2006 5
Iraq's WMD Scientists in the Crossfire, May 2006. 6
Threatening and Killing of Scientists in Iraq - Statement AAAS, 09 May 2006.  2
Iraq: The Assassination of Academics : The Jalili Report - Sarah Meyer, 04 May 2006. 2
IRAQ: “The Occupation is the disease” - Sarah Meyer, 01 May 2006. 2
Iraqi intellectuals flee 'death squads', 28 April 2006 7
Sectarian lines divide Iraq's university system, too (25 April 2006) 8

Eight killed in Baghdad car bomb attacks (24 April 2006)

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About the assassination of Iraqi academics -Dirk Adriaensens,  BRussells Tribunal, 22 April 2006 - Presentation at the International Seminar in Madrid 22-23 April 2006 2
Killings lead to brain drain from Iraq, Telegraph, 17 April 2006. 3
Science, Humanity and the Iraq Holocaust - Gideon Polya, 14 April 2006 4
Nearly 200 Iraqi academics killed since 2003 - SciDev, 07 April 2006. 1

U.S. occupation responsible for killings, torture in Iraq (John Catalinotto, 06 April 2006)

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UNESCO Director-General condemns campaign of violence against Iraqi academics - 05 April 2006. 3
The mysterious murder case of Wissam Al Hashimi - Dirk Adriaensens -  BRussells Tribunal, 04 April 2006. 1
Iraq-killing field of scholars, scientists and intellectuals - April 2006 4
Teaching tyranny - Imad Khadduri- Al Ahram, 30 March 2006. 1
The Iraqi brain drain - Guardian,  24 March 2006. 3
Brain drain puts more strain on Iraq - Al Jazeera, 24 March 2006. 1
Iraqis escape ruined country - Al Jazeera- 16 March 2006. 1
What is the U.S. role in Iraq’s dirty war? -  16 March  2006. 3
Iraq facing brain drain with targeting of academics, 14 March 2006. 1
Sectarianism Takes Root in Iraq Academic Life, IslamOnline -14 March 2006. 1
Tortured, shot, ambushed, victims are found dumped outside morgues. What is happening to Iraq's intellectuals is chilling - Felicity Arbuthnot,  THES- 10 March 2006. 1
Academics become casualties of Iraq War - Reuters, 09 March 2006. 1
Hundreds of Iraqi academics and professionals assassinated by death squads - WSWS, 06 March 2006. 1
Death is the price for speaking out in Iraq - Haifa Zangana, 05 March 2006. 2
IRAQ: Professionals On a Death Row - IPS News - 01 March 2006. 1
Iraq: Academia's Killing Fields - Felicity Arbuthnot, IslamOnline - 28 Feb 2006. 1
Death of a professor - Haifa Zangana, The Guardian - 28 Feb 2006. 1

Brain drain and Iraq's bleak future, 08 Feb 2006.

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Iraqi academics in the killing zone - Dirk Adriaensens, BRussells Tribunal - 02 Feb  2006. 1
Higher education ministry tempts professionals with security, higher salaries - Irin, 31 Jan 2006. 5
The Elimination of Iraq’s academics - Haifa Zangana, Al Quds - 29 Jan 2006. 1

Gunmen kill prominent Iraqi academic in Baghdad (28 Jan 2006)

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Professionals Fleeing Iraq As Violence, Threats Persist. Exodus of Educated Elite, Washington Post - 23 Jan 2006. 1
Death of Humanity, Felicity Arbuthnot - 18 Jan 2006. 1
Iraqi Intellectuals and the Occupation, Interview with Dr. Saad Jawad - 03 Jan 2006. 1
Emerging Issue: Iraqi scientists under attack, AAAS - Report on Science and Human Rights, Dec 2005. 1
Who's killing Iraqi intellectuals? - 03 Dec 2005. 1
Assassinations, Riverbend, 26 Nov 2005. 5
The Dirty War in Iraq, ZMag, Nov 2005. 1
Iraq’s Science Community: to be or not to be 1
Deadly place for Shias, 25 Oct 2005 6
Attacks on Intellectuals and professionals - HRW, October 2005 5
Guidelines Relating to the Eligibility of Iraqi Asylum-Seekers October 2005, UNHCR Report [PDF] 1
Everyone is a target in Iraq, Al Jazeera 14 Oct 2005. 1
A face and A Name (HRW 02 Oct 2005) 8
After the war: Iraqi scientists fight to survive - SciDev, 30 Sept 2005. 1
In the line of Fire, AAAS 30 Sept 2005. 1
Medics fleeing Iraq's violence in their thousands, 25 Sept 2005. 1
List of assassinated Iraqis, Al Jazeera, 22 Sept 2005. 1
'Gangs, looters and goons' spur brain drain, 11 Aug 2005. 5
Studying in the Shadow of Terror, 30 June 2005 7
Intentional Devastation of Iraq – Iraqi letters, 18 June 2005 7
Zionist Mossad has assasinated 530 Iraq scientists and professors in last seven months, 17 June 2005 5
Iraq pay rise to stem brain drain, 05 June 2005 5
Iraq healers have become targets , IHT ,31 May 2005. 1
Precarious future for Iraqi universities - UNESCO, May 2005 5
 Iraq's tensions spill onto campus – CS Monitor, May 27, 2005 8
Iraqi higher education in tatters, says report - SciDev, 25 May 2005. 1
The Destruction of Iraq’s Educational System under US Occupation - Ghali Hassan 11 May 2005. 1
Time To Repair Iraq's Universities, Says Study, 02 May 2005. 5

5/6ths of Iraq’s Higher Learning Institutions Burnt, Looted, Wrecked , UNU 01 May 2005

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Exodus from terror , Ed Blanche April 2005 6
Brief Overview of the Higher Education System in Iraq (March 2005) 8
Basra intellectuals united by fear of rise in religious intolerance, The Guardian, 01 Feb 2005. 6
Approximately 300 academics have been killed - 17 Jan 2005. 1
Violence keeps lecturers abroad - THES, 17 Dec 2004. 1
A Sinister Campaign, 11 Dec 2004. 1
Joint Statement by MESA, AAUP, AAAS, 05 Nov 2004. 1
More than 250 Iraqi college professors assassinated (08 Nov 2004) 2
Israeli secret agents killed 310 Iraqi scientists (30 Oct 2004) 3
IRAQ: Rising threat against academics fuels brain drain -IRIN news,  28 Oct 2004. 1
Iraqi intellectuals seeking exile, 18 Oct 2004. 1
"Iraq's Education Systems Denies Children Education" (18 Oct 2004) 9
Blood Baath, Al Ahram, 07 Oct 2004. 1
Iraqi scientist's family seeks her freedom - Al Jazeera, 04 Oct 2004 6
The best university in Iraq. Imagine the rest - The Guardian, 23 Sept 2004 3
Iraq losing its best and brightest, CS Monitor 21 Sept 2004. 1
Iraq's universities face catastrophe, 16 Sept 2004. 1
Murder of lecturers threatens Iraqi academia - THES, 10 Sept 2004. 1
The slaughter of Iraq's intellectuals - The New Statesman, 06 Sept 2004. 1
Rampant Corruption Cited in Iraq's Education System (26 July 2004) 9
International Coalition of Academics Against Occupation statement on The Assassination of Iraqi Intellectuals, 25 July 2004 5
Death threats, assassinations teaching Iraqi academics to watch what they say, 16 July 2004. 1
Academics targeted as murder and mayhem hits Iraqi colleges - Robert Fisk,  14 July 2004. 1
What The US Didn't Do In Iraq Education (June 15, 2004) 9
Where is this going? - Al Ahram, 16 June 2004. 1
"It has begun." - Dahr Jamail, 13 June 2004. 1
Suspicion Surrounds Death of Iraqi Scientist in U.S. Custody, 29 May 2004. 5
Iraq's Education Setback  (Aljazeera.net, May 28, 2004) 11
'I will always hate you people' (The Guardian, Monday 24 May 2004) 8

How much does Dubya's administration care about education in Iraq? (22 May 2004)

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Iraqi intellectuals appeal for security - Al Jazeera, 19 May 2004.  1
Death to those who dare to speak out - CS Monitor, 30 April 2004. 1
Between Saddam and the American Occupation: Iraq's Academic Community Struggles for Autonomy - April 2004. 3
Iraqi intellectuals flee 'death squads' - Al Jazeera, 30 March 2004. 1
Iraqi scientists under pressure to help find WMDs - AFP, Mar 10, 2004. 8
Iraqi intellectuals under siege - Al Jazeera, 29 Febr 2004. 1
9 Iraqi scientists murdered in past 4 months, 26 Feb 2004. 5
Assassinations Tear Into Iraq's Educated Class - New York Times, 7 Feb 2004  1
Another Voice of Academia Is Silenced in Iraq - LA Times, 21 Jan 2004 1
Iraqis Against 'Americanizing' Universities (28 Aug 2003) 8
US decree strips thousands of their jobs - Guardian, August 2003 5
U.S. Forces Detain Dozens Of Iraqi Scientists (IOL 16 Aug 2003) 8
Will harsh weed-out allow Iraqi academia to flower? - THES, 25 July 2003 1
Intellectual Life and Academic Conditions in Post-War Baghdad [PDF] - 15 July 2003. 11
Turi Munthe Diary - 10 July 2003 3
Iraqi Professors Shaken by Threats - Associated Press, June 30, 2003. 8
Iraqis struggle over Baath purge - CS Monitor,  26 June 2003 3

IRAQ LOOTING (29 April 2003)

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Israeli Commandoes In Iraq To Assassinate 500 Scientists, 18 April 2003 5
U.S. Threatens Iraqi Scientists, 12 April 2003 5
Iraqi Academics Take Sour View of U.S. Policy, 28 Feb 2003 5

The Students of Moustanserya University (22 Feb 2003)

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