"THEY ARE ASSASSINATING OUR FUTURE". This is truly horrific news:
Abdul al-Latif al-Mayah was never safe. Not before the war started, and not after.
A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Mayah, a 53-year-old political scientist and human rights advocate known in his neighborhood here as "the professor," was driving to work when eight masked gunmen jumped in front of his car. They yanked him into the street, the police said, and shot him nine times in front of his bodyguard and another university lecturer.
In an... [The Light of Reason]
The New York Times article offers this on who is responsible:
The American authorities say foreign terrorists may be behind the attacks. "There is a huge incentive for foreign terrorists to create chaos here," General Kimmitt said.
The Iraqi authorities point to former Baath Party elements or displaced military officers. They say the killings have been coordinated.
The article doesn't mention what I consider to be at least as likely: that the assassinations are the work of the more religious members of the puppet government, who want to eliminate possible sources of opposition to their goal of remaking Iraq in Iran's image.
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