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A glimmer of hope in Iraq: Baghdad University

April 13, 2007

Never believing the optimistic view of Iraq spewed by some politicians (“The American people never see all the good things happening in Iraq!”), this story nonetheless impressed me. A CNN journalist visited a class at Baghdad University — during which twelve explosions rocked the classroom — and asked students how they felt about Iraq and what they were trying to accomplish at B.U. Their unity — Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds together — is inspiring. A great piece, definitely worth the read. Imagine how much courage it would take for you to still attend classes at a place that is attacked daily, where many students have died and over one hundred professors have been assassinated since the war began in March 2003.

Read: Bombings rattle classroom, unite students

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