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To: NickSE who wrote (109468)	8/2/2003 11:53:45 AM
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Iraqi Students Set a New Course Culture of Open Debate Sweeps Across Baghdad University washingtonpost.com BAGHDAD -- Two young women strolled arm in arm toward the university bus stop, giddy with relief that final exams were over. Around them surged a stream of students as diverse as it was high-spirited: girls in modest black veils or skin-tight fashion ensembles, trim-bearded Shiite and clean-shaven Sunni Muslim youths, minority Kurds and Christians. The two friends, stopping to chat with a journalist, unhesitatingly blurted out their strongly felt views. Samar, 18, said former president Saddam Hussein's leadership had given Iraq "dignity and respect" and that she prayed U.S. forces would not arrest or harm him. Hendrahd, also 18, said her father had been executed a decade ago by the Hussein government and was probably buried in a mass grave. "I hope the American troops find Saddam soon and kill him," she said firmly. Then, giggling at their own boldness, the pair hurried to catch their bus.....

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