This only includes names and data referred
to university academics assassinated during the Occupation period.
BAGHDAD, Baghdad University
Abbas Al-Attar: PhD in humanities, lecturer at Baghdad University’s
College of Humanities.
Abdel Hussein Jabuk: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Abdel Salam Saba: PhD in sociology, lecturer at Baghdad University.
Abdel Razak Al-Naas: Lecturer in information and international mass
media at Baghdad University’s College of Information Sciences. He was a
regular analyst for Arabic satellite TV channels. He was killed in his
car at Baghdad University on 28 January 2005. His assassination led to
confrontations between students and police, and journalists went on
strike.
Ahmed Nassir Al-Nassiri: PhD in education sciences, Baghdad University,
assassinated February 2005.
Ali Abdul-Hussein Kamil: PhD in physical sciences, lecturer in the
Department of Physics, Baghdad University.
Amir Al-Jazragi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at Baghdad University’s
College of Medicine, and consultant at the Iraqi Ministry of Health,
assassinated 17 November 2005.
Basil Al-Karji: PhD in chemistry, lecturer at Baghdad University.
Essam Sharif Mohammed: PhD in history, professor in Department of
History and head of the College of Humanities, Baghdad University.
Faidhi Al-Faidhi: PhD in education sciences, lecturer at Baghdad
University and Al-Munstansiriya University. He was also member of the
Muslim Scientists Committee. Assassinated in 2005.
Fuad Abrahim Mohammed Al-Bayaty: PhD in german philology, professor and
head of College of Philology, Baghdad University.
Haifa Alwan Al-Hil: PhD in physics, lecturer at Baghdad University’s
College of Science for Women.
Heikel Mohammed Al-Musawi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at Al-Kindi College
of Medicine, Baghdad University. Assassinated 17 November 2005.
Hassan Abd Ali Dawood Al-Rubai: PhD in stomatology, dean of the College
of Stomatology, Baghdad University. Assassinated 20 December 2005.
Hazim Abdul Hadi: PhD in medicine, lecturer at the College of Medicine,
Baghdad University.
Khalel Ismail Abd Al-Dahri: PhD in physical education, lecturer at the
College of Physical Education, Baghdad University.
Kilan Mahmoud Ramez: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Maha Abdel Kadira: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of
Humanities.
Majed Nasser Hussein Al-Maamoori: Professor of veterinary medicine at
Baghdad University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Assassinated 17
February 2007.
Marwan Al-Raawi: PhD in engineering and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Marwan Galeb Mudhir Al-Heti: PhD in chemical engineering and lecturer at
the School of Engineering, Baghdad University.
Majed Hussein Ali: PhD in physical sciences and lecturer at the College
of Sciences, Baghdad University.
Mehned Al-Dulaimi: PhD in mechanical engineering, lecturer at Baghdad
University.
Mohammed Falah Al-Dulaimi: PhD in physical sciences, lecturer at Baghdad
University.
Mohammed Tuki Hussein Al-Talakani: PhD in physical sciences, nuclear
scientist since 1984, and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Mohammed Al-Kissi: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Mohammed Abd Allah Al-Raawi: PhD in surgery, former president of Baghdad
University, member of the Arab Council of Medicine and of the Iraqi
Council of Medicine, president of the Iraqi Union of Doctors.
Mohammed Al-Jazairi: PhD in medicine and plastic surgeon, College of
Medicine, Baghdad Univeristy. Assassinated 15 November 2005.
Mustafa Al-Hity: PhD in medicine, paediatrician, College of Medicine,
Baghdad University. Assassinated 14 November 2005.
Mustafa Al-Mashadani: PhD in religious studies, lecturer in Baghdad
University’s College of Humanities.
Nafea Ahmmoud Jalaf: PhD in Arabic language, professor in Baghdad
University’s College of Humanities.
Nawfal Ahmad: PhD, lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Fine
Arts. She was assassinated at the front door of her house on 25 December
2005.
Nazar Abdul Amir Al-Ubaidy: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University.
Raad Shlash: PhD in biological sciences, head of Department of Biology
at Baghdad University’s College of Sciences. He was killed at the front
door of his house on 17 November 2005.
Rafi Sarcisan Vancan: Bachelor of English language, lecturer at Baghdad
University’s College of Women’s Studies.
Saadi Daguer Morab: PhD in fine arts, lecturer at Baghdad University’s
College of Fine Arts.
Sabri Mustafa Al-Bayaty: PhD in geography, lecturer at Baghdad
University’s College of Humanities.
Saad Yassin Al-Ansari: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University. He was
killed in Al-Saydiya neighborhood, Baghdad, 17 November 2005.
Wannas Abdulah Al-Naddawi: PhD in education sciences, Baghdad
University. Assassinated 18 February 2005.
Yassim Al-Isawi: PhD in religious studies, Baghdad University’s College
of Arts. Assassinated 21 June 2005.
Zaki Jabar Laftah Al-Saedi: Bachelor of veterinary medicine, lecturer at
Baghdad University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Basem Al-Modarres: PhD and lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of
Philosophy. [Source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.]
Jasim Mohammed Achamri: Dean of College of Philosophy, Baghdad
University. [Source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.]
Hisham Charif: Head of Department of History and lecturer at Baghdad
University. [Source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.]
Qais Hussam Al-Den Jumaa: Professor and Dean of College of Agriculture,
Baghdad University. Killed 27 March 2006 by US soldiers in downtown
Baghdad. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university source.]
Mohammed Yaakoub Al-Abidi: Baghdad University. Department and college
unknown. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report,
March 2006.]
Abdelatif Attai: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown.
[Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Ali Al-Maliki: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown.
[Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Nafia Aboud: Baghdad University. Department and college unknown.
[Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Abbas Kadem Alhachimi: Baghdad University. Department and college
unknown. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report,
March 2006.]
Mouloud Hasan Albardar Aturki: Lecturer in Hanafi Teology at Al-Imam Al-Aadam
College of Teology, Baghdad University. [Source: Iraqi Association of
University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Riadh Abbas Saleh: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s Centre for
International Studies. Killed 11 May 2006. [Source: CEOSI university
source, 17 May 2006.]
Abbas Al-Amery: Professor and head of Department of Administration and
Business, College of Administration and Economy, Baghdad University.
Killed together with his son and one of his relatives at the main
entrance to the College 16 May 2006. [Source: CEOSI university source,
17 May 2006.]
Muthana Harith Jasim: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of
Engineering. Killed near his home in Al-Mansur, 13 June 2006. [Source:
CEOSI university source, 13 June 2006.]
Hani Aref Al-Dulaimy: Lecturer in the Department of Computer
Engineering, Baghdad University’s College of Engineering. He was killed,
together with three of his students, 13 June 2006 on campus. [Source:
CEOSI Iraqi university source, 13 June 2006.]
Hussain Al-Sharifi: Professor of urinary surgery at Baghdad University’s
College of Medicine. Killed in May 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 12 June 2006.]
Hadi Muhammad Abub Al-Obaidi: Lecturer in the Department of Surgery,
Baghdad University’s College of Medicine. Killed 19 June 2006. [Source:
CEOSI Iraqi university source, 20 June 2006.]
Hamza Shenian: Professor of veterinary surgery at Baghdad University’s
College of Veterinary Medicine. Killed by armed men in his garden in a
Baghdad neighborhood 21 June 2006. This was the first known case of a
professor executed in the victim’s home. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 21 June 2006.]
Jassim Mohama Al-Eesaui: Professor at College of Political Sciences,
Baghdad University, and editor of Al-Syada newspaper. He was 61 years
old when killed in Al-Shuala, 22 June 2006. [Source: UNAMI report 1
May-30 June 2006.]
Shukir Mahmoud As-Salam: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of
Medicine and dental surgeon at Al-Yamuk Hospital, Baghdad. Killed near
his home by armed men 6 September 2006. [Source: TV news, As-Sharquia
channel, 7 September 2006, and CEOSI Iraqi sources.]
Mahdi Nuseif Jasim: Professor in the Department of Petroleum Engineering
at Baghdad University. Killed 13 September 2006 near the university.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university source.]
Adil Al-Mansuri: Maxillofacial surgeon and professor at the College of
Medicine, Baghdad University. Kidnapped by uniformed men near Iban Al-Nafis
Hospital in Baghdad. He was found dead with torture signs and mutilation
in Sadr City. He was killed during a wave of assassinations in which
seven medical specialists were assassinated. Date unknown: July or
August 2006 [Source: Iraqi health service sources, 24 September 2006.]
Shukur Arsalan: Maxillofacial surgeon and professor at the College of
Medicine, Baghdad University. Killed by armed men when leaving his
clinic in Harziya neighbourhood. He was killed during a wave of
assassinations in which seven specialists were assassinated. Date
unknown: July or August 2006. [Source: Iraqi Health System sources, 24
September 2006.]
Issam Al-Rawi: Professor of geology at Baghdad University, president of
the Association of University Professors of Iraq. Killed 30 October 2006
during an attack carried out by a group of armed men in which two more
professors were seriously injured. [Sources: CEOSI sources and
Associated Press.]
Yaqdan Sadun Al-Dhalmi: Professor and lecturer in the College of
Education, Baghdad University. Killed 16 October 2006. [Source: CEOSI
sources.]
Jlid Ibrahim Mousa: Professor and lecturer at Baghdad University’s
College of Medicine. Killed by a group of armed men in September 2006.
During August and September 2006, six professors of medicine were
assassinated in Baghdad. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi sources.]
Mohammed Jassim Al-Thahbi and wife: Professor and dean of the College of
Administration and Economy, Baghdad University. Killed 2 November 2006
by a group of armed men when he was driving to university. His wife, a
lecturer at the same university (name and academic position unknown) and
son were also killed in the attack. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi sources and Tme
Magazine, 2 October 2006.]
Mohammed Mehdi Saleh: Lecturer at Baghdad University (unknown position)
and member of the Association of Muslim Scholars. Imam of Ahl Al-Sufa
Mosque in Al-Shurta Al-Jamisa neighbourhood. Killed 14 November 2006
while driving in the neighbourhood of Al-Amal in central Baghdad.
[Source: UMA, 14 November 2006.]
Hedaib Majhol: Lecturer at College of Physical Education, Baghdad
University, president of the Football University Club and member of the
Iraqi Football Asociation. Kidnapped in Baghdad. His body was found
three later in Baghdad morgue 3 December 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 2 December 2006.]
Al-Hareth Abdul Hamid: Professor of psychiatric medicine and head of the
Department of Psychology at Baghdad University. Former president of the
Society of Parapsychological Investigations of Iraq. A renowned
scientist, Abdul Hamid was shot dead in the neighbourhood of Al-Mansur,
Baghdad, 6 December 2006 by unknown men. [Sources: CEOSI Iraqi sources,
6 December 2006, and Reuters, 30 January 2007.]
Anwar Abdul Hussain: Lecturer at the College of Odontology, Baghdad
University. Killed in Haifa Street in Baghdad in the third week of
January 2007. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.]
Majed Nasser Hussain: PhD and lecturer at the College of Veterinary
Medicine, Baghdad University. He was killed in front of his wife and
daughter while leaving home in the third week of January 2007. Nasser
Hussain had been kidnapped two years before and freed after paying a
ransom. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.]
Khaled Al-Hassan: Professor and deputy dean of the College of Political
Sciences, Baghdad University. Killed in March 2007. [Source: Association
of University Lecturers of Iraq, 7 April 2007.]
Ali Mohammed Hamza: Professor of Islamic Studies at Baghdad University.
Department and college unknown. Killed 17 April 2007. [Sources: TV
channels As-Sharquia and Al-Jazeera.]
Abdulwahab Majed: Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of Education.
Department and college unknown. Killed 2 May 2007. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 5 May 2007.]
Sabah Al-Taei: Deputy dean of the College of Education, Baghdad
University. Killed 7 May 2007. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.
8 May 2007.]
Nihad Mohammed Al-Rawi: Professor of Civil Engineering and deputy
president of Baghdad University. Shot dead 26 June 2007 in Al-Jadria
Bridge, a few meters away from the university campus, when exiting with
his daughter Rana, whom he protected from the shots with his body.
[Sources: BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26-27
June 2007, www.wmin.ac.uk]
Muhammad Kasem Al-Jebouri: Lecturer at the College of Agriculture,
Baghdad University. Killed, together with his son and his
brother-in-law, by paramilitary forces 22 June 2007. [Source: CEOSI
Iraqi university sources, 27 June 2007.]
Samir (surname unknown): Lecturer at Baghdad University’s College of
Administration and Economy. His body was found shot one day after being
kidnapped in Kut where he was visiting family. Professor Samir lived in
the Baghdad district of Al-Sidiya. [Source: Voices of Iraq,
www.iraqslogger.com, 29 June 2007.]
Amin Abdul Aziz Sarhan: Lecturer at Baghdad University. Department and
college unknown. He was kidnapped from his home in Basra by unidentified
armed men 13 October 2007 and found dead on the morning of 15 October.
[Source: Voices of Iraq, 15 October 2007.]
Mohammed Kadhem Al-Atabi: Head of Baghdad University’s Department of
Planning and Evaluation. He was kidnapped 18 October 2007 from his home
in Baghdad by a group of armed men and found dead a few hours later in
the area of Ur, near to Sadr City, which is under the control of Moqtada
Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26
October 2007.]
Munther Murhej Radhi: Dean of the College of Odontology, Baghdad
University. He was found dead in his car 23 January 2008. [Source: CEOSI
Iraqi university sources, 24 January 2008.]
Mundir Marhach: Dean of Faculty of Stomatology, Baghdad University. He
was killed in March (exact day unknown), according to information
provided by the Centre for Human Rights of Baghdad. [Source: Al-Basrah
reported 12 March 2008.]
Al-Mamoon Faculty (private college, Baghdad)
Mohammed Al-Miyahi: Dean of Al-Maamoun
Faculty in Baghdad. He was shot with a silencer-equipped gun in front of
his house in Al-Qadisiah district, southern Baghdad, as he stepped out
of his car 14 December 2007. [Source CEOSI Iraqi source and Kuwait News
Agency, reported 19 December 2007, IPS reported 19 December 2007, and
Al-Basrah, reported 12 March 2008.]
Al-Mustansiriya University (Baghdad)
Aalim Abdul Hameed: PhD in preventive medicine, specialist in depleted
uranium effects in Basra, dean of the College of Medicine,
Al-Mustansiriya University.
Abdul Latif Al-Mayah: PhD in economics, lecturer and head of Department
of Research, Al-Mustansiriya University.
Aki Thakir Alaany: PhD and lecturer at the College of Literature,
Al-Mustansiriya University.
Falah Al-Dulaimi: PhD, professor and deputy dean of Al-Mustansiriya
University’s College of Sciences.
Falah Ali Hussein: PhD in physics, lecturer and deputy dean of the
College of Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University, killed May 2005.
Musa Saloum Addas: PhD, lecturer and deputy dean of the College of
Educational Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University, killed 27 May 2005.
Husam Al-Ddin Ahmad Mahmmoud: PhD in education sciences, lecturer and
dean at College of Education Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University.
Jasim Abdul Kareem: PhD and lecturer at the College of the Education,
Al-Mustansiriya University.
Abdul As Satar Sabar Al Khazraji: PhD in history, Al Munstansiriya
University, killed 19 June 2005. [A same name and surname lecturer in
Engineering at the College of Computer Science Technology, Al-Nahrein
University was assessinated in March 2006.]
Samir Yield Gerges: PhD and lecturer at the College of Administration
and Economy at Al-Mustansiriya University, killed 28 August 2005.
Jasim Al-Fahaidawi: PhD and lecturer in Arabic literature at the College
of Humanities, Al-Mustansiriya University. Assassinated at the
university entrance. [Source: BBC News, 15 November 2005.]
Kadim Talal Hussein: Deputy dean of the College of Education,
Al-Mustansiriya University.
Mohammed Nayeb Al-Qissi: PhD in geography, lecturer at Department of
Research, Al-Mustansiriya University.
Sabah Mahmoud Al-Rubaie: PhD in geography, lecturer and dean at College
of Educational Sciences, Al-Mustansiriya University.
Ali Hasan Muhawish: Dean and lecturer at the College of Engineering,
Al-Mustansiriya University. Killed 12 March 2006. [Source: Middle East
Online, 13 March 2006.]
Imad Naser Alfuadi: Lecturer at the College of Political Sciences,
Al-Mustansiriya University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University
Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Mohammed Ali Jawad Achami: President of the College of Law,
Al-Mustansiriya University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University
Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Husam Karyakus Tomas: Lecturer at the College of Medicine,
Al-Mustansiriya University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University
Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Basem Habib Salman: Lecturer at the College of Medicine at
Al-Mustansiriya University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University
Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Mohammed Abdul Rahman Al-Ani: PhD in engineering, lecturer at the
College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. Kidnapped, together with his
friend Akrem Mehdi, 26 April 2006, at his home in Palestine Street,
Baghdad. Their bodys were found two days later. (CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 5 May 2006.]
Jasim Fiadh Al-Shammari: Lecturer in psychology at the College of Arts,
Al-Mustansiriya Baghdad University. Killed near campus 23 May 2006.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university source, 30 May 2006.]
Saad Mehdi Shalash: PhD in history and lecturer in history at the
College of Arts, Al-Mustansiriya University, and editor of the newspaper
Raya Al-Arab. Shot dead at his home with his wife 26 October 2006.
[Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 27 October 2006.]
Kemal Nassir: Professor of history and lecturer at Al-Mustansiriya and
Bufa universities. Killed at his home in Baghdad in October 2006.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 2 November 2006.]
Hasseb Aref Al-Obaidi: Professor in the College of Political Sciences at
Al-Mustansiriya University. Since he was kidnapped 22 October 2006 his
whereabouts is unknown. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.]
Najeb Al-Salihi: Lecturer in the College of Psychology at
Al-Mustansiriya University and head of the Scientific Commitee of the
Ministry of Higher Education of Iraq. Al-Salihi, 39 years old, was
kidnapped close to campus and his body, shot dead, was found 20 days
after his disappearance in Baghdad morgue. His family was able recover
his body only after paying a significant amount of money. [Source: CEOSI
Iraqi university sources.]
Dhia Al-Deen Mahdi Hussein: Professor of international criminal law at
the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya University. Missing since kidnapped
from his home in the Baghdad neighborhood of Dhia in 4 November 2006 by
a group of armed men driving police cars. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 5 November 2006.]
Muntather Al-Hamdani: Deputy dean of the College of Law, Al-Mustansiriya
University. He was assassinated, together with Ali Hassam, lecturer at
the same college, 20 December 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 24 December 2006. The Iraqi police identified Ali Arnoosi as
the deputy dean assassinated 21 December, and Mohammed Hamdani as
another victim. It is unknown whether [Muntanther Al-Hamdani and
Mohammed Hamdani] both are the same case or not.]
Ali Hassam: Lecturer at the College of Law at Al-Mustansiriya
University. He was killed together with Muntather Al-Hamdani, deputy
dean of the college, 20 December 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 24 December 2006. The Iraqi police identified Ali Arnoosi as
the deputy dean assassinated 21 December, and Mohammed Al-Hamdani as
another victim. It is unknown whether both [Muntanther Al-Hamdani and
Mohammed Hamdani] are the same case or not.]
Dhia Al-Mguter: Professor of economy at the College of Administration
and Economy of Al-Mustansiriya University. He was killed 23 January 2007
in Baghdad while driving. He was a prominent economist and president of
the Consumer’s Defense Association and the Iraqi Association of
Economists. A commentator at for As-Sharquia television, he participated
in the Maram Committee, being responsible for investigating
irregularities occuring during the elections held in January 2006.
Al-Mguter was part of a family with a long anti-colonialist tradition
since the British occupation. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources
and Az-Zaman newspaper, 24 January 2007.]
Ridha Abdul Hussein Al-Kuraishi: Deputy Dean of the University of
Al-Mustansiriya’s College of Administration and Economy. He was
kidnapped 28 March 2007 and found dead the next day. [Source: Iraqi
Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007. See the Arabic letter
sent to CEOSI.].
University of Technology (Baghdad)
Muhannad Al-Dulaimi: PhD in mechanical
engineering, lecturer at the Baghdad University of Technology.
Muhey Hussein: PhD in aerodynamics, lecturer in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering of the Baghdad University of Technology.
Qahtan Kadhim Hatim: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer in the College of
Engineering of the Baghdad University of Technology.
Sahira Mohammed Machhadani: Baghdad University of Technology. Department
and college unknown. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers,
March 2006.]
Ahmed Ali Husein: Lecturer at the Baghdad University of Technology,
specialist in applied mechanics. He was killed by a group of armed men
in downtown Baghdad 22 May 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 24 May 2006.]
Name unknown: Lecturer at Baghdad University of Technology. Killed 27
June 2006 by a group of armed men. They were driving a vehicle in the
Baghdad neighborhood of Al-Mansur and shot him without stopping. Next
day, students and professors staged demonstrations in all universities
across the country opposing the assassination and kidnapping of
professors and lecturers. [Source: Al-Jazeera and Jordan Times, 27 June
2006.]
Ali Kadhim Ali: Professor at Baghdad University of Technology. Shot dead
in November 2006 in the district of Al-Yarmuk by a group of armed men.
His wife, Dr Baida Obeid — gynecologist — was also killed in the attack.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 16 November 2006.]
Moa’ayed Jasim Al-Janabi: Lecturer in physics at Baghdad University of
Technology. Killed 23 May 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources,
December 2006.]
Jalil Enjad Al-Jumaily: Lecturer at University of Technology. Department
and college unknown. He was killed 22 December 2006 with his son, a
physician, after being kidnapped. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 24 December 2006..]
Abdul Same’e Al-Janabi: Deputy president of the Baghdad University of
Technology. Missing after being kidnapped during the third week of
January 2007. In 2004, Abdul Sami Al-Janabi was dean of Al-Mustansiriya
University’s College of Sciences in Baghdad. He resigned from this
position after Shia paramilitary forces threatened to kill him. Such
forces began then to occupy university centres in the capital.
Transferred by the Ministry of Higher Education to a new position to
preserve his security, Sami Al-Janabi has almost certainly been
assassinated. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 23 January 2007.]
Ameer Mekki Al-Zihairi: Lecturer at Baghdad University of Technology. He
was killed in March 2007. [Source: Iraqi Association of University
Lecturers, 7 April 2007.
Al-Nahrein University (Baghdad.]
Akil Abdel Jabar Al-Bahadili: Professor and deputy dean of Al-Nahrein
University’s College of Medicine. Head of Adhamiya Hospital in Baghdad.
He was a specialist in internal medicine, killed 2 December 2005.
Mohammed Al-Jazairy: Lecturer at University College Al-Kadhemiya
Hospital, Al-Nahrein University. He was a specialist in plastic surgery.
Layth Abdel Aziz: PhD and lecturer at the College of Sciences,
Al-Nahrein University. [Source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.]
Abdul As Satar Sabar Al-Khazrayi: Lecturer in engineering at the College
of Computer Science Technology, Al-Nahrein University. [Source: Iraqi
Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.] [A same name
and surname PhD in History at Al Munstansiriya University was killed on
19 June 2005.]
Uday Al-Beiruti: Professor at Al-Nahrein University. Kidnapped in
University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital’s parking lot by armed men
dressed in Interior Ministry uniforms. His body was found with sigs of
torture in Sadr City. Date unknown: July/August 2006. His murder took
place during a wave of assassinations in which seven of his colleagues
were killed. [Source: Iraqi health service sources, 24 September 2006.]
Jalil Al-Jumaili: Professor at the College of Medicine, Al-Nahrein
University. He was found shot dead in December 2006 (exact date unknown)
after being kidnapped at University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital,
together with his son, Dr Anas Al-Jumaili, lecturer at the same college.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006.]
Anas Al-Jumaili: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Al-Nahrein
University. He was found shot dead in December (exact date unknown) with
his father, Dr Jalil Al-Jumaili, professor of medicine, after being
kidnapped at University College Al-Kadhemiya Hospital. [Source: CEOSI
Iraqi university sources, 24 December 2006.]
Adnan Mohammed Saleh Al-Aabid: Lecturer at the College of Law,
Al-Nahrein University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having
been kidnapped from his home 28 January 2007 together with lecturers
Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi and Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy, and a
student. All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [Sources: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.]
Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi: Lecturer at the College of Law,
Al-Nahrein University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having
been kidnapped 28 January 2007 on his way home, together with lecturers
Adnan Mohammed Saleh Al-Aabid and Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy, and a student.
All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [Sources: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.]
Aamer Kasem Al-Kaisy: Lecturer at the College of Law, Al-Nahrein
University. He was found dead 31 January 2007 after having been
kidnapped on his way home 28 January 2007, together with a student and
lecturers Abdul Mutaleb Abdulrazak Al-Hashimi and Adnan Mohammed Saleh
Al-Aabid. All were found dead in Baghdad morgue. [Sources: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 1 February 2007.]
Khaled Al-Naieb: Lecturer in microbiology and deputy dean of Al-Nahrein
University’s College of Higher Studies in Medicine. Killed 30 March 2007
at the main entrance to the college. Having been threatened by the Mahdi
Army, Moqtada Al-Sadr’s militia, Dr Al-Naieb had moved to work in Irbil.
During a brief visit to his family in Baghdad, and after recently
becoming a father, he was killed at the main entrance to the college on
his way to collect some documents. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university
sources, 4 April 2007. Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report
dated 7 April 2007.]
Sami Sitrak: Professor of English and dean of Al-Nahrein University’s
College of Law. Professor Sitrak was killed 29 March 2007. He had been
appointed dean of the College after the former dean’s resignation
following an attempt to kill him along with three other College
lecturers. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers, 7 April
2007.].
Thair Ahmed Jebr: Lecturer in the Department of Physics, College of
Sciences, Al-Nahrein University. Jebr was killed in the attack against
satellite TV channel Al-Baghdadiya 5 April 2007. [Source: Iraqi
Association of University Lecturers, 7 April 2007.].
Iyad Hamza: PhD in chemistry, Baghdad University. He was the academic
assistant of the President of Al-Nahrein University. On 4 May 2008 he
was killed near his home in Baghdad. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi source. 6 May
2008.].
Islamic University (Baghdad)
Haizem Al-Azawi: Lecturer at Baghdad Islamic University. Department and
college unknown. He was 35 years old and married and was killed 13
February 2006 by armed men when he ariving home in the neighborhood of
Habibiya. [Source: Asia Times, 3 March 2006.]
Saadi Ahmad Zidaan Al-Fahdawi: PhD in Islamic science, lecturer at the
College of Islamic Science, Baghdad University. Killed 26 March 2006.
Abdel Aziz Al-Jazem: Lecturer in Islamic theology at the College of
Islamic Science, Baghdad University. [Source: Iraqi Association of
University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Saad Jasim Mohammed: Lecturer at the Baghdad Islamic University.
Department and college unknown. Killed, together with his brother
Mohammed Jassim Mohammed, 11 May 2007 in the neighburghood of Al-Mansur.
The armed men who commited the crime where identified by the Association
of Muslims Scholars as members of a death squad. [Sources: Press note of
the Association of Muslims Scholars, 12 May 2007, and CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 13 May 2007.]
Qais Sabah Al-Jabouri: Professor at the Baghdad Islamic University.
Killed 7 June 2007 by a group of armed men who shot him from a car when
he was leaving the university with the lecturers Alaa Jalel Essa and
Saad Jalifa Al-Ani, who were killed and seriously injured respectively.
press note of the Association of Muslims Scholars, 7 June 2007, and
CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 9 June 2007.]
Alaa Jalel Essa: Professor at the Baghdad Islamic University. Killed 7
June 2007 by a group of armed men who shot him from a car when he was
leaving the university with the lecturers Qais Sabah Al-Jabouri and Saad
Jalifa Al-Ani, who were killed and seriously injured respectively.
press note of the Association of Muslims Scholars, 7 June 2007, and
CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 9 June 2007.]
Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education (Baghdad)
Lecturers killed after a mass kidnapping, 13 November 2006[4]:
Abdul Salam Suaidan Al-Mashhadani: Lecturer in political sciences and
head of the scholarships section of the Ministry of Higher Education. He
was kidnapped 13 November 2006 in an assault on the ministry. His body
was found with signs of torture and mutilation 24 November 2006.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 26 November 2006.]
Abdul Hamid Al-Hadizi: Professor (speciality unknown). He was kidnapped
13 November 2006 in an assault on the ministry. His body was found with
signs of torture and mutilation 24 November 2006. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 26 November 2006.]
Baghdad Institutes
Izi Al-Deen Al-Rawi: President of the
Arabic University’s Institute of Petroleum, Industry and Minerals.
Al-Rawi was kidnapped and found dead 20 November 2006. [Source: CEOSI
Iraqi university sources, 20 November 2006)
BABYLON
Hilla University
Jaled M Al-Janabi: PhD in Islamic history, lecturer in Hilla
University’s School of Humanities.
Mohsin Suleiman Al-Ajeely: PhD in agronomy, lecturer in the College of
Agronomy, Hilla University. Killed 24 December 2005.
Fleih Al-Gharbawi: Lecturer in the College of Medicine. Killed in Hilla
(capital of the province of Babylon, 100 kilometers south of Baghdad) 20
November 2006 by armed men. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 20 November
2006.]
Ali Al-Grari (or Garar): Professor at Hilla University. He was shot dead
20 November 2006 by armed men in a vehicle on the freeway between Hilla
and Baghdad. [Source: Iraqi police sources cited by Reuters, 20 November
2006,
AT-TAMIM
Kirkuk University
Ahmed Izaldin Yahya: Lecturer in the College of Engineering, Kirkuk
University. Killed by a car bomb in the vicinity of his home in Kirkuk,
16 February 2007. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 17 February
2007.]
Hussein Qader Omar: professor and Dean of Kirkuk University’s College of
Education Sciences. Killed in November 20, 2006 by shots made from a
vehicle in the city center. An accompanying colleague was injured.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, November 21, 2006, and Iraqi
Police Sources cited by Reuters, 20 November 2006.].
Sabri Abdul Jabar Mohammed: Lecturer at the College of Education
Sciences at Kirkuk University. Found dead 1 November 2007 in a street in
Kirkuk one day after being kidnapped by a group of unidentified armed
men [Source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal and
CEOSI, 2 November 2007.]
Abdel Sattar Tahir Sharif: Lecturer at Kirkuk University. Department and
college unknown. 75-years-old, he was assassinated 5 March 2008 by armed
men in the district of Shoraw, 10 kilometres northeast of Kirkuk.
[Source: Aswat Al-Iraq/ Voices of Iraq, 5 March 2008.]
NINEVEH
Mosul University
Abdel Yabar Al-Naimi: Dean of Mosul University’s College of Humanities.
Abdul Yabar Mustafa: PhD in political sciences, dean of Mosul
University’s College of Political Sciences.
Abdul Aziz El-Atrachi: PhD in plant protection in the College of
Agronomy and Forestry, Mosul University.
Eman Abd-Almonaom Yunis: PhD in translation, lecturer in the College of
Humanities, Mosul University.
Jaled Faisal Hamid Al-Shijo: PhD and lecturer in the College of Physical
Education, Mosul University.
Leila Abdu Allah Al-Saad: PhD in law, dean of Mosul University’s College
of Law.
Mahfud Al-Kazzaz: PhD and lecturer at University Mosul. Department and
college unknown. Killed 20 November 2004.
Mohammed Yunis Thanun: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer in the College of
Physical Education, Mosul University.
Munir Al-Jiero: PhD in law and lecturer in the College of Law, Mosul
University. Married to Dr Leila Abdu Allah Al-Saad, also assassinated.
Noel Butrus S. Mathew: PhD, professor at the Health Institute of Mosul
University.
Ahmad Hamid Al-Tai: Professor and head of Department of Medicine, Mosul
University. Killed 20 November 2006 when armed men intercepted his
vehicle as he was heading home. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources,
20 November 2006.]
Kamel Abdul Hussein: Lecturer and deputy dean of the College of Law,
Mosul University. Killed 11 January 2007. [Source: CEOSI Iraqi
university sources, 23 January 2007.]
Talal Younis: Professor and dean of the College of Political Sciences.
Killed on the morning of 16 April 2007 at the main entrance to the
college. Within less than half an hour Professor Jaafer Hassan Sadeq of
the Department of History at Mosul University was assassinated at his
home. [Sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Mousl.]
Jaafer Hassan Sadeq: Professor in the Department of History of Mosul
University’s College of Arts. Killed 16 April 2007 at home in the
district of Al-Kafaaat, northwest of Mosul. Within less that half an
hour, Professor Talal Younis, dean of Mosul University’s College of
Political Sciences, was killed at the main entrance to the college.
[Sources: CEOSI Iraqi university sources and Al-Mousl.]
Ismail Taleb Ahmed: Lecturer in the College of Education, Mosul
University. Killed 2 May 2007 while on his way to college. [Source:
Al-Mosul, 2 May 2007.]
Nidal Al-Asadi: Professor in the Computer Sciences Department of Mosul
University’s College of Sciences. Shot dead by armed men in the district
of Al-Muhandiseen, according to police sources in Mosul. [Sources: INA,
2 May 2007, and Iraqi sources to the BRussells Tribunal, 3 May 2007.]
Aziz Suleiman: Lecturer at Mosul University. Department of Mosul
University’s College of Sociology. Killed in Mosul 22 January 2008.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 24 January 2008.].
Jalil Ibrahim Ahmed al-Naimi: Director of the ‘Sharia’ Department
(Islamic Law), Mosul University. He was shot dead by armed men
when he came back home (in Mosul) from University, 30 January 2008.
[Sources: CEOSI and BRussells Tribunal University Iraqi sources,
al-Quds al-Arabi, 31 de enero de 2008.].
QADISIYA
Diwaniya University
Hakim Malik Al-Zayadi: PhD in Arabic philology, lecturer in Arabic
literature at Al-Qadisyia University. Dr Al-Zayadi was born in Diwaniya,
and was killed in Latifiya when he was traveling from Baghdad 24 July
2005.]
Mayed Husein: Physician and lecturer at the College of Medicine,
Diwaniya University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers
report, March 2006.]
BASRA
Basra University
Abdel Al-Munim Abdel Mayad: Bachelor and lecturer at Basra University.
Abdel Gani Assaadun: Bachelor and lecturer at Basra University.
Abdul Alah Al-Fadhil: PhD, professor and deputy dean of Basra
University’s College of Medicine.
Abdul-Hussein Nasir Jalaf: PhD in agronomy, lecturer at the College of
Agronomy’s Center of Research on Date Palm Trees, Basra University.
Alaa Daoud: PhD in sciences, professor and chairman of Basra University
(also reported as a lecturer in history). Killed 20 July 2005.
Ali Galib Abd Ali: Bachelor of sciences, assistant professor at the
School of Engineering, Basra University.
Asaad Salem Shrieda: PhD in engineering, professor and dean of Basra
University’s School of Engineering.
Faysal Al-Assadi: PhD in agronomy, professor at the College of Agronomy,
Basra University.
Gassab Jabber Attar: Bachelor of sciences, lecturer at the School of
Engineering, Basra University.
Haidar Al-Baaj: PhD in surgery, head of the University College Basra
Hospital.
Haidar Taher: PhD and professor at the College of Medicine, Basra
University.
Hussein Yasin: PhD in physics, lecturer in sciences at Basra University
Killed 18 February 2004 at his home and in front of his family.
Khaled Shrieda: PhD in engineering, dean of the School of Engineering,
Basra University.
Khamhour Al-Zargani: PhD in history, head of the Department of History
at the College of Education, Basra University Killed 19 August 2005.
Kadim Mashut Awad: visiting professor at the Department of Soils,
College of Agriculture, Basra University. Killed December 2005 (exact
date unknown.].
Karem Hassani: PhD and lecturer at the College of Medicine, Basra
University.
Kefaia Husein Saleh: PhD in English philology, lecturer in the College
of Education Sciences, Basra University.
Mohammed Al-Hakim: PhD in pharmacy, professor and dean of Basra
University’s College of Pharmacy.
Mohammed Yassem Badr: PhD, professor and chairman of Basra University.
Omar Fakhri: PhD and lecturer in biology at the College of Sciences,
Basra University.
Saad Alrubaiee: PhD and lecturer in biology at the College of Sciences,
Basra University.
Yaddab Al-Hajjam: PhD in education sciences and lecturer at the College
of Education Sciences, Basra University.
Zanubia Abdel Husein: PhD in veterinary medicine, lecturer at the
College of Veterinary Medicine, Basra University.
Jalil Ibrahim Almachari: Lecturer at Basra University. Department and
college unknown. Killed 20 March 2006 after criticizing in a public
lecture the situation in Iraq. (Arabic Source: Al-Kader.]
Abdullah Hamed Al-Fadel: PhD in medicine, lecturer in surgery and deputy
dean of the College of Medicine at Basra University. Killed in January
2006 (exact date unknown). [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.]
Fuad Al-Dajan: PhD in medicine, lecturer in gynecology at the College of
Medicine, Basra University. Killed at the beginning of March 2006 (exact
date unknown). [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.]
Saad Al-Shahin: PhD in medicine, lecturer in internal medicine at Basra
University’s College of Medicine. Killed at the beginning of March 2006
(exact date unknow). [Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources.]
Jamhoor Karem Khammas: Lecturer at the College of Arts, Basra
University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report,
March 2006.]
Karem Mohsen: PhD and lecturer at Department of Agriculture, College of
Agronomy, Basra University. Killed 10 April 2006. He worked in the field
of honeybee production. Lecturers and students called for a
demonstration to protest for his assassination. [Source: Al-Basrah, 11
April 2006.]
Waled Kamel: Lecturer at the College of Arts at Basra University. Killed
8 May 2006. Other two lecturers were injured during the attack, one of
them seriously. [Source: Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 9 May 2006.]
Ahmad Abdul Kader Abdullah: Lecturer in the College of Sciences, Basra
University. His body was found 9 June 2006. [Source: CEOSI university
Iraqi sources, 10 June 2006.]
Kasem Yusuf Yakub: Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Basra
University. Killed 13 June 2006 at the university gate. [Sources: CEOSI
university Iraqi sources, 14 June 2006 and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 16 June
2006.]
Ahmad Abdul Wadir Abdullah: Professor of the College of Chemistry, Basra
University. Killed 10 June 2006. [Source: UNAMI report, 1 May-30 June
2006.]
Kathum Mashhout: Lecturer in edaphology at the College of Agriculture,
Basra University. Killed in Basra in December 2006 (exact date unknown).
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi university sources, 12 December 2006.]
Mohammed Aziz Alwan: Lecturer in artistic design at the College of Fine
Arts, Basra University. Killed by armed men 26 May 2007 while walking in
the city. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 1 June 2007.]
Firas Abdul Zahra: Lecturer at the College of Physical Education, Basra
University. Killed at home by armed men 18 July 2007. His wife was
injured in the attack. [Source: Iraqi university sources to the
BRussells Tribunal, 26 August 2007.]
Muayad Ahmad Jalaf: Lecturer at the College of Arts, Basra University.
Kidnapped 10 September 2007 by a group of armed men that was driving
three cars, one of them with a government license plate. He was found
dead in a city suburb the next day. [Source: Iraqi university sources to
the BRussells Tribunal, 12 September 2007.]
Khaled Naser Al-Miyahi: PhD in medicine, Professor of neurosurgery at
Basra University. He was assassinated in March 2008 (exact date
unknown). His body was found after his being kidnapped by a group of
armed men in the streets of Basra. There were no ransom demands,
according to information provided by Baghdad’s Center for Human Rights.
[Source: Al-Basrah, 12 March 2008.]
Technical Institute of Basra
Mohammed Kasem: PhD in engineering, lecturer at the Technical Institute
of Basra.
Sabah Hachim Yaber: Lecturer at the Technical Institute of Basra.
Salah Abdelaziz Hashim: PhD and lecturer in fine arts at the Technical
Institute of Basra. Kidnapped in 4 April 2006. He was found shot dead
the next day. According to other sources, Dr Hashim was machine-gunned
from a vehicle, injuring also a number of students. [Sources: CEOSI
university Iraqi sources, 6 April 2006, Az-Zaman, 6 April 2006, and
Al-Quds Al-Arabi, 7 April 2006.]
TIKRIT
Tikrit University
Basem Al-Mudares: PhD in chemical sciences and lecturer in the College
of Sciences, Tikrit University. His body was found mutilated in the city
of Samarra 21 July 2004.
Fathal Mosa Hussine: PhD and professor at the College of Physical
Education, Tikrit University.
Mahmud Ibrahim Hussein: PhD in biological sciences and lecturer at the
College of Education Sciences, Tikrit University.
Madloul Albazi Tikrit University. Department and college unknown.
[Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Mojbil Achaij Issa Al-Jabouri: Lecturer in international law at the
College of Law, Tikrit University. [Source: Iraqi Association of
University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Damin Husein Al-Abidi: Lecturer in international law at College of Law,
Tikrit University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers
report, March 2006.]
Harit Abdel Yabar As Samrai: PhD student at the College of Engineering,
Tikrit University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers
report, March 2006.]
Farhan Mahmud: Lecturer at the College of Theology, Tikrit University.
Disappeared after being kidnapped 24 November 2006. [Source: CEOSI
university Iraqi sources, 26 November 2006.]
Mustafa Khudhr Qasim: Professor at Tikrit University. Department and
college unknown. His body was found beheaded in Al-Mulawatha, eastern
Mosul, 21 November 2007. [Sources: Al-Mosul, 22 November 2007, and Iraqi
university sources to the BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI, 22-25 November
2007.]
Taha AbdulRazak Al-Ani: PhD in Islamic Studies, he was professor at
Tikrit University. His body was found shot dead in a car on a highway
near Al-Adel, a Baghdad suburb. Also, the body of Sheikh Mahmoud Talb
Latif Al-Jumaily, member of the Commision of Muslim Scientists, was
found dead in the same car last Thursday afternoon, 15 May 2008.
[Source: CEOSI Iraqi sources, 21 May 2008.]
DIYALA
Baquba University
Taleb Ibrahim Al-Daher: PhD in physical sciences, professor and dean at
the College of Sciences, Baquba University. Killed 21 December 2004.
Lez Mecchan: Professor at Baquba University. Department and college
unknown. Killed 19 April 2006 with his wife and another colleague.
[Sources: DPC and EFE, 19 April 2006.]
Mis (surname unknown): Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and
college unknown. Wife of Professor Lez Mecchan, also assassinated. Both
were killed with another colleague 19 April 2006. [Sources: DPC and EFE,
19 April 2006.]
Salam Ali Husein: Taught at Baquba University. Department and college
unknown. Killed 19 April 2006 with two other colleagues. [Sources: DPC
and EFE, 19 April 2006.]
Meshhin Hardan Madhlom Al-Dulaimi: Professor at Baquba University.
Department and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to
the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi
sources, 10 May 2006.]
Abdul Salam Ali Al-Mehdawi: Professor at Baquba University. Department
and college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi
Ministry of Higher Education. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources,
10 May 2006.]
Mais Ganem Mahmoud: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and
college unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi
Ministry of Higher Education. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources,
10 May 2006.]
Satar Jabar Akool: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college
unknown. Killed at the end of April, according to the Iraqi Ministry of
Higher Education. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 10 May 2006.]
Mohammed Abdual Redah Al-Tamemmi: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic
Language and head of the College of Education, Baquba University. Killed
19 August 2006 together with Professor Kreem Slman Al-Hamed Al-Sadey, 70
years old, of the same Department. A third lecturer from the same
department escaped the attack carried out by a group of four armed men
Students and lecturers demonstrated against his and other lecturers’
deaths. [Source: World Socialist, 12 September 2006, citing the Iraqi
newspaper Az-Zaman, CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.]
Karem Al-Saadi: Lecturer at Baquba University. Department and college
unknown. Killed August 2006. Students and lecturers demonstrated against
his and other lecturers’ deaths. [Source: World Socialist, 12 September
2006, citing the Iraqi newspaper Az-Zaman.]
Kreem Slman Al-Hamed Al-Sadey: Professor in the Department of Arabic
Language at the College of Education, Baquba University. He was 70 years
old when killed 19 August 2006. In the attack Mohammed Abdual Redah
Al-Tamemmi, head of Education Department was also killed. A third
lecturer from the same department escaped the attack of a group of four
armed men. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.]
Hasan Ahmad: Lecturer in the College of Education, Baquba University.
Killed 8 December 2006. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources,
December 2006.]
Ahmed Mehawish Hasan: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic at the
College of Education, Baquba University. Killed in December (exact date
unknown). [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 25 December 2006.]
Walhan Hamid Fares Al-Rubai: Dean of the College of Physical Education,
Baquba University. Al-Rubai was shot by a group of armed men in his
office 1 February 2007. According to some sources his son was also
killed. [Source: Reuters and Islamomeno, 1-3 February 2007 respectively,
and CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 2 February 2007.]
Abdul Ghabur Al-Qasi: Lecturer in history at Baquba University. His body
was found by the police 10 April 2007 in Diyala River, which crosses the
city, with 31 other bodies of kidnapped people. [Source: Az-zaman, 11
April 2007.]
Jamal Mustafa: Professor and head of the History Department, College of
Education Sciences, Baquba University. Kidnapped at home in the city of
Baquba 29 October 2007 by a group of armed men driving in three
vehicles. [Source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells Tribunal,
30 October 2007.]
Al-ANBAR
Ramadi University
Abdel Karem Mejlef Saleh: PhD in philology, lecturer at the College of
Education Sciences, Al-Anbar University.
Abdel Majed Hamed Al-Karboli: Lecturer at Ramadi University. Killed
December 2005 (exact date unknown.].
Ahmad Abdel Hadi Al-Rawi: PhD in biology, professor in the School of
Agronomy, Al-Anbar University.
Ahmad Abdul Alrahman Hameid Al-Jhbissy: PhD in Medicine, Professor of
College of Medicine, Al-Anbar University.
Ahmed Saadi Zaidan: PhD in education sciences, Ramadi University. Killed
February 2005 (exact date unknown.].
Hamed Faisal Antar: Lecturer in the College of Law, Ramadi University.
Killed December 2005 (exact date unknown.].
Naser Abdel Karem Mejlef Al-Dulaimi: Department of Physics, College of
Education, Ramadi University. Killed December 2005 (exact date
unknown.].
Raad Ojssin Al-Binow: PhD in surgery, lecturer at the College of
Medicine, Al-Anbar University.
Shakir Mahmmoud Jasim: PhD in agronomy, lecturer in the School of
Agronomy, Al-Anbar University.
Nabil Hujazi: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Ramadi University.
Killed in June 2006 (exact date unknown). [Source: CEOSI university
Iraqi sources, 20 June 2006, confirmed by Iraqi Ministry of Higher
Education.]
Nasar Al-Fahdawi: Lecturer at Ramadi University. Department and college
unknown. Killed 16 January 2006. [Source: CEOSI university Iraqi
sources, December 2006.]
Khalid Jubair Al-Dulaimi: Lecturer at the College of Engineering, Ramadi
University. Killed 27 April 2007. [Source: Iraqi sources to the
BRussells Tribunal, 3 May 2007.]
NAJAF
Kufa University
Jawla Mohammed Taqi Zwain: PhD in medicine, lecturer at College of
Medicine, Kufa University.
Shahlaa Al-Nasrawi: Lecturer in the College of Law, Kufa University.
Assassinated 22 August 2007 by members of a sectarian militia. [Source:
CEOSI university Iraqi sources, 27 August 2007.]
Adel Abdul Hadi: Professor of philosophy, Kufa University’s College of
Arts. Killed by a group of armed men 28 October 2007 when returning home
from university. [Source: Iraqi university sources to the BRussells
Tribunal, 30 October 2007.]
KARBALA
University of Karbala
Kasem Mohammed Ad Dayni: Lecturer in the Department of Psychology,
College of Pedagogy, Karbala University. Killed 17 April 2006.
MOSUL
Mosul University
Omar Miran: Baghdad University bachelor of law (1946), PhD in history
from Paris University (1952), professor of history at Mosul University,
specialist in history of the Middle East. Killed, along with his wife
and three of his sons, by armed men in February 2006 (exact date
unknown.].
Noel Petros Shammas Matti: Lecturer at the College of Medicine, Mosul
University. Married and father of two daughters. He was kidnapped and
found dead 4 August 2006.
Muwafek Yahya Hamdun: Deputy dean and professor at the College of
Agronomy, Mosul University. [Source: Al-Hayat, 28 February 2006.]
Naif Sultan Saleh: Lecturer at the Technical Institute, Mosul
University. [Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report,
March 2006.]
Natek Sabri Hasan: Lecturer in the Department of Agricultural
Mechanization and head of the College of Agronomy, Mosul University.
[Source: Iraqi Association of University Lecturers report, March 2006.]
Abdul Kader Ali Abdullah: Lecturer in the Department of Arabic, College
of Education Sciences, Mosul University. Found dead 25/26 August 2007
after being kidnapped five days before by a group of armed men. [Source:
Iraqi sources to the BRussells Tribunal and CEOSI 26-27 August 2007.]
Unknown: Lecturer at Mosul University, killed in the explosion of two
car bombs near campus, 1 October 2007. In this atack six other people
were injured, among them four students. [Source: KUNA, 1 October 2007.]
OPEN UNIVERSITY
Kareem Ahmed Al-Timmi: Head of the
Department of Arabic Language in the College of Education at the Open
University. Killed in Baghdad, 22 February 2007.
COMMISSION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION [5]
Aamir Ibrahim Hamza: Bachelor in electronic engineering, lecturer at the
Technical Institute.
Mohammed Abd Al-Hussein Wahed: PhD in tourism, lecturer at the Institute
of Administration.
Mohammed Saleh Mahdi: Bachelor in sciences, lecturer at the Cancer
Research Centre. Killed November 2005.
INSTITUTIONAL POSITIONS
Emad Sarsam: PhD in surgery and member of the Arab Council of Medicine.
Faiz Ghani Aziz: PhD in agronomy, director general of the Iraqi Company
of Vegetable Oil. Killed September 2003.
Isam Said Abd Al-Halim: Geologic consultant at the Ministry of
Construction.
Kamal Al-Jarrah: Degree in English philology, researcher and writer and
director general at the Ministry of Education.
Raad Abdul-Latif Al-Saadi: PhD in Arabic language, consultant in higher
education and scientific research at the Ministry of Education.
Shakier Al-Jafayi: PhD in administration, head of the Department of
Normalization and Quality at the Iraq Council.
Wajeeh Mahjub: PhD in physical education, director general of physical
education at the Ministry of Education.
Wissam Al-Hashimi: PhD in petrogeology, president of the Arab Union of
Geologists, expert in Iraqi reservoirs, he worked for the Iraqi Ministry
of Petroleum.
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION UNKNOWN
Amir Mizhir Al-Dayni: Professor of telecommunication engineering.
Khaled Ibrahim Said: PhD in physics.
Mohammed Al-Adramli: PhD in chemical sciences.
Mohammed Munim Al-Izmerly: PhD in chemical sciences. He was tortured and
killed by US troops. His body was sent to the Baghdad morgue. The cause
of death was initially registered as “brainstem compression”.
Nafi Aboud: Professor of Arabic literature.
OTHER CASES
Khalel Al-Zahawi: Born in 1946, Al-Zahawi was considered the most
important calligraphist in Iraq and among the most important in the
Arab-Muslim world. He worked as a lecturer in calligraphy in several
Arab countries during the 1990s. He was killed 19 May 2007 in Baghdad by
a group of armed men. He was buried in Diyala, where he was born.
[Source: BBC News, 22 May 2007. His biography is available on
wikipedia.].