US Army uses yet another Iraqi school as their barracks; Iraqis want it back

WHEN: 9am, Saturday, May 3rd, 2003
WHERE: Baghdad College High School

Free Our School From US Occupation
Iraqi Citizens, Baghdad


May 05, 2003 Baghdad College High School was established 70 years ago by the Jesuits, to be an excellent educational institution. The school was nationalized, but remained an excellent high school.

1750 students attend this school from grade 7 to grade 12. The American Army has occupied the school and converted it to a military camp with tanks inside the school, and refused to allow students to attend classes. The U.S. army, while occupying the school, destroyed the school's library and the school's laboratories and classrooms.

We as parents have asked the Americans to vacate the school so that our kids can go back to school-so far unsuccessfully. Those of us who were permitted to visit inside our school were shocked at the destruction inflicted.

At 9:00am, Saturday, May 3rd, 2003, we are taking our kids back to school and demand the end of the American Occupation of the school. We will demand that the school should be opened to students and journalists so that the whole world can judge whether the destruction was caused by vandals or by the American forces.

How can the Americans condemn Saddam Hussein's regime for using schools as military bases, and then turn around and do the very same themselves? Is this "democracy?"