Students on Baghdad university campus express solidarity with victims of Virginia Tech massacre
AP:
"Universities and academics in Baghdad have been among the hardest hit by the violence plaguing Iraq, but students on one campus still found themselves saddened by last week's massacre at Virginia Tech and hung up a banner to express their condolences.
The Council of Students Union in University of Technology, and the students, condemn the recent criminal act in the Technological Sciences University in Virginia, which murdered a number of students. This is an act we reject as it is a violation of the sanctity of universities throughout the world as a whole. We convey our warmest condolences to the families of the victims who are suffering the same as those of Iraqi universities now.
"We have lost many friends and professors," Yassir Nazar, head of the student union at the Baghdad Technology University said. "But in spite of our wounds, we want to show our solidarity with the students of Virginia Tech who are our brothers in humanity and in pursuing knowledge."
More than 200 university professors have been killed in Iraq in the past few years, forcing thousands of them to flee the country and teach at universities abroad, said Basil al-Khateeb, the spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of higher education."
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"Universities and academics in Baghdad have been among the hardest hit by the violence plaguing Iraq, but students on one campus still found themselves saddened by last week's massacre at Virginia Tech and hung up a banner to express their condolences.
The Council of Students Union in University of Technology, and the students, condemn the recent criminal act in the Technological Sciences University in Virginia, which murdered a number of students. This is an act we reject as it is a violation of the sanctity of universities throughout the world as a whole. We convey our warmest condolences to the families of the victims who are suffering the same as those of Iraqi universities now.
"We have lost many friends and professors," Yassir Nazar, head of the student union at the Baghdad Technology University said. "But in spite of our wounds, we want to show our solidarity with the students of Virginia Tech who are our brothers in humanity and in pursuing knowledge."
More than 200 university professors have been killed in Iraq in the past few years, forcing thousands of them to flee the country and teach at universities abroad, said Basil al-Khateeb, the spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of higher education."
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