U.S. forces kill lecturer at Tikrit University

[Barrett808]

TIKRIT - U.S. forces shot dead Umran Hamed, a lecturer at Tikrit University, in Duuz, about 100 km (60 miles) north of Tikrit, local authorities said. (Reporting by Ghazwan Hassan from Tikrit, Fares al-Mehdawi from Baquba, Aref Mohummed in Kirkuk and Baghdad Newsroom)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12611193.htm

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[LatinoSocialist]

1. winning hearts and minds...

hey, when did we give up THAT campaign?

[Sabriel]

2. Not a good time to be in education over there

It's looking more and more Pol Pot-ish.

[katinmn]

3. Can't wait to see the spin on this one

Was he speaking out against the occupation?

[tlcandie]

4. Is this the same one shot dead in front of the students?!

:wow:

[afdip]

5. university lecturer=communist

:sarcasm:

[daleo]

6. No details about how it happened yet.

They should prove interesting, when they come out.

[Tempest]

7. Killing the intellectuals

Just like the communists and Nazis did.

[Barrett808]

8. The rest flee the country n/t