now our troops have surrounded the univ. in Baghdad

[donsu]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4803954

A U.S. force including tanks and armored vehicles surrounded Mustansiriya University in Baghdad Monday and warned armed students inside the campus to surrender, witnesses said.

"Drop your weapons and leave the campus," Iraqis working with the U.S. force shouted through loudspeakers.

It was not clear what triggered the standoff. The armed students are believed to be followers of Shi'ite religious parties, whose influence on the student body has been rising.
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lovely, we are going to murder Iraqi students and I suppose if they don't come out they will destroy the univ. bldg.

somebody please stop us.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

1. they'll kill the teachers

and replace them with stooges.

[donsu]

2. isn't that the she Cheney's job?

she just hates progressive professors, disses them whenever she can.

[0007]

6. Lynne Cheney & William Bennett will be praising Ahmad Chalabi

showing the world how junior loves 'em



[bloom]

3. Nobody can stop us

and we can't stop ourselve.

:scared:

[ithacan]

4. just what the Repubs would love to do in the US!

surround universities and colleges and remove the "libruls" (read: thinking people) who dominate those places.

Thereby cementing their total control over all sectors of society

They're working on this now, using the College Republicans and other parts of the right wing machine to smear and attack anyone who disagrees with their views..

[Goldmund]

5. That's a story from yesterday.

Anyone know anything new about it?

[aneerkoinos]

7. No biggie

Some blogger with eyewitness story debunked the whole story, very minor incident.

[ArkDem]

8. So this is the way they treat armed University students.

I can't believe what I'm seeing. They would just be suspended here in the US.