'May God Help Iraq's Scientists'

Raheem Al-akeede, Al-Wehda, Syria

...The wretched conditions that Iraqi scientists and scholars must endure is no secret to anyone in today's world. Whether in universities or their own homes among family members, it has become part of their lives to be followed or pursued. Today we are living through a period of American and Zionist occupation in Iraq. Under the feigned democracy of Bush the criminal, the Iraqi people are dying without justification, having their values disrespected, their homes destroyed and their children killed by bombs. And with such mass killing, one also kills knowledge and culture. These are the Iraqi scientists who captured the attention of the entire world with their work, who once filled homes with knowledge and culture, and once helped all arrive at a higher level of knowledge, and with enlightened thought in regard to technology and the social sciences. Throughout the four corners of the world, Iraq was the center of science. Even Europe and America witnessed the usefulness of Iraqi science and its pursuit of knowledge. This was true at research institutes in all fields of scientific endeavor, including nuclear energy, engineering, agriculture and others...

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