Iraqi College Kids Mourn VT Killings
Of all the people to mourn psychotic individuals terrorizing everyday people, the students of Iraq have extended condolences to their learning brothers on the other side of the ocean at Virginia Tech. I wonder if this is a sincere gesture of an underhanded swipe at the violence we create daily, but take such umbrage to when it happens on our own soil.
Students in Baghdad, where universities have been hard hit by violence, said Monday they were saddened by last week’s massacre at Virginia Tech and hung up a banner to express their solidarity with “our brothers in humanity and in pursuing knowledge.”
“We want to let the whole world know that we do not support terrorism anywhere,” said Yassir Nazar, head of the student union at Baghdad Technology University, who organized the hanging of the banner near the campus gate.
It reads, “We, the students of Technology University, denounce the attack at Virginia Tech. We extend our condolences to the families of the victims who faced a situation as bad as Iraq’s universities do. The sanctity of campuses must be protected around the world.”