Death Of A Professor

I borrowed (stole) the title from the Guardian Unlimited. No way I could do better.

This is a sad story about one man and indicative of a growing problem in Iraq, silencing opponents to the occupation of this country.

In a letter to a friend in Europe, Abdul Razaq al-Na'as, a Baghdad university professor in his 50s, grieved for his killed friends and colleagues. His letter concluded: "I wonder who is next!" He was. On January 28 al-Na'as drove from his office at Baghdad University. Two cars blocked his, and gunmen opened fire, killing him instantly.

The author writes these killings are a growing problem.

Al-Na'as is not the first academic to be killed in the mayhem of the "new Iraq". Hundreds of academics and scientists have met this fate since the March 2003 invasion. Baghdad universities alone have mourned the killing of over 80 members of staff. The minister of education stated recently that during 2005, 296 members of education staff were killed and 133 wounded.

And nothing is being done to stop them because "...independent minds have to be eradicated." for the occupation to suceed.

Not one of these crimes has been investigated by the occupation forces or the interim governments.

Among other things it looks like the US hasn't suceeded well in establishing the rule of law if what appear to be assassinations of innocent civilians isn't even investigated

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