"But what about the schools ?!?!"

[sabra]

Iraqi primary school students read books outside their school house which was damaged by a bomb strike, just west of Falluja, March 28, 2006. Several walls of the Al Assami primary school have collapsed but students still attend classes, teachers said. It has been 14 months since U.S. forces fought insurgents in the city of Falluja, but there is still slow progress on humanitarian issues, according to local officials.
REUTERS/MOHANNED FAISAL



Iraqi primary school students attend class in a school house damaged by a bomb strike in Falluja March 28, 2006. Several walls of the Al Assami primary school have collapsed but students still attend classes, teachers said. It has been 14 months since U.S. forces fought insurgents in the city of Falluja, but there is still slow progress on humanitarian issues, according to local officials.
REUTERS/MOHANNED FAISAL

[maddezmom]

1. time for * to put that falacy back in the used up meme box

Schools, Kids Becoming Targets in Iraq
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Schools and children have increasingly become targets in a bloody conflict pitting Shiite and Sunni Muslims against each other as Iraq teeters on the verge of civil war. The violence has reached immense proportions in recent weeks, with dozens dying every day and overwhelmed Iraqi authorities seemingly incapable of stopping attacks.

With kidnappings of children and attacks at schools on the rise, some parents are just keeping their kids at home.

Bombs, rockets, mortar and machine-gun fire killed 64 school children from the end of October to the end of February, according to a report by the Education Ministry. At least 169 teachers and 84 other employees died during the same period.

"We are in a society of insecurity," said Education Minister Abdul Fallah al-Sudani. "Schools are not excluded from the suffering of our society."

Attacks and threats shut 417 schools in the four-month period — most only for a few weeks, but some longer — disrupting the education of thousands of children. The violence was concentrated in Baghdad and the volatile provinces of Anbar, Diyala and Babil, according to the Education Ministry.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2192412&mesg_id=2192412

[sabra]

2. this brings a tear to my eye... :-(

[classof56]

3. And to mine, as well. Those could be my grandsons...

Damn Bush and all his evil minions!

Tired Old Cynic