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Sat Jan-17-04 05:19 PM
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Edited on Sat Jan-17-04 05:59 PM by Skinner
West Point Professors Lecture in Baghdad Fri Jan 16,10:30 AM ET By JIM KRANE, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - To the U.S. Army, flying eight West Point professors to lecture at Baghdad University was a chance to showcase the military's scholarly and humanitarian credentials.
For the Iraqi students and professors in attendance, the lectures smacked of education at the wrong end of an M-16.
"We don't want them inside our university or inside our country," said Fuad Hamdan, 24, a political science student, watching as U.S. troops frisked those entering the lecture hall.
This week's series of guest lectures from the U.S. Military Academy turned out to be another example of what the U.S. Army considers its good works being misunderstood by those living under its occupation.
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