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Iraq Plans to Send 10,000 Students to Colleges in U.S., Abroad

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Iraq Plans to Send 10,000 Students to Colleges in U.S., Abroad - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com



WASHINGTON — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students a year to colleges in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.

Al-Maliki says stability in Iraq has allowed the country to focus on education after years of war.

He says there's great ambition behind the new program "because our needs are great."

The Iraqi government is funding the scholarship program. It will allow students to earn bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees.

The country plans to start with about 500 students in U.S. and British schools this fall.


This is great news my only concern is who gets picked and how much the US is going to influance this process.
 
In 20-odd years, we'll be hearing about how some international terrorist holds two degrees from an American university. There's something to look forward to.
 
Sounds great to me.

The Iraqi government is funding the scholarship program. It will allow students to earn bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees.
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The more educated Iraqis, the better
 
Laila said:
Sounds great to me.



The more educated Iraqis, the better
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Yeah, they can get educated at American schools, become Liberals and have a brand new reason to hate America.


Whose paying for this, or do I have to ask??
 
apdst said:
Yeah, they can get educated at American schools, become Liberals and have a brand new reason to hate America.


Whose paying for this, or do I have to ask??
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Not us by what I can find it's all coming from the Iraqi Gov.
 
Scorpion89 said:
Iraq Plans to Send 10,000 Students to Colleges in U.S., Abroad - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com



WASHINGTON — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students a year to colleges in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.

Al-Maliki says stability in Iraq has allowed the country to focus on education after years of war.

He says there's great ambition behind the new program "because our needs are great."

The Iraqi government is funding the scholarship program. It will allow students to earn bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees.

The country plans to start with about 500 students in U.S. and British schools this fall.


This is great news my only concern is who gets picked and how much the US is going to influance this process.
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This sounds like a phenomenal plan. As long as our government can work with the Iraqi government to insure the wrong people don't end up in this program it will be a great benefit to all nations involved. This is excellent diplomacy.
 
GySgt said:
All English speaking nations?
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And it ensures we are able to influence and help educate a massive group of Iraqis who would be familiar with the West and not view us as enemies.
Sounds perfect. I love this idea personally
 
apdst said:
In 20-odd years, we'll be hearing about how some international terrorist holds two degrees from an American university. There's something to look forward to.
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Actually, educational opportunity has a negative correlation with terrorist activity.

apdst said:
Yeah, they can get educated at American schools, become Liberals and have a brand new reason to hate America.


Whose paying for this, or do I have to ask??
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I bet you're not.
 
Ethereal said:
This sounds like a phenomenal plan. As long as our government can work with the Iraqi government to insure the wrong people don't end up in this program it will be a great benefit to all nations involved. This is excellent diplomacy.
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Yeah, great diplomatic idea. Half the world terrorists were educated in western schools. Might as well go ahead and educate the other half.

RightinNYC said:
I bet you're not.
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Bet I'm not, what? Paying the bill? We might both be surprised about that one. You, more than me.
 
apdst said:
Yeah, great diplomatic idea. Half the world terrorists were educated in western schools. Might as well go ahead and educate the other half.
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How does selectively educating 10,000 Iraqis in the West translate into educating half the world's terrorists?

If I were in charge of such a plan I would select a disproportionate amount of women to educate - 60/40 sounds about right.
 
Ethereal said:
If I were in charge of such a plan I would select a disproportionate amount of women to educate - 60/40 sounds about right.
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Why? So you can waste time educating them, so they can go back home to be treated like slaves by their hubbies?

Most of them would apply for US citizenship, because they know that education would be useless when they got back to Iraq.
 
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apdst said:
In 20-odd years, we'll be hearing about how some international terrorist holds two degrees from an American university. There's something to look forward to.
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Maybe.

Then again, we may all be trying to buy Iraqi sports cars too.

Exposure to the outside world may promote Terrorism. Insulation from the outside world certainly will.
 
apdst said:
Yeah, great diplomatic idea. Half the world terrorists were educated in western schools. Might as well go ahead and educate the other half.
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I would ask for a link, but I know you're just making it up so I won't bother.

Bet I'm not, what? Paying the bill? We might both be surprised about that one. You, more than me.
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Doubtful.

apdst said:
Why? So you can waste time educating them, so they can go back home to be treated like slaves by their hubbies?

Most of them would apply for US citizenship, because they know that education would be useless when they got back to Iraq.
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Can you imagine how horrible that would be? Ten thousand of the smartest people from Iraq getting great educations and then seeking to become American citizens. God, it just makes me sick even thinking about it.
 
apdst said:
Why? So you can waste time educating them, so they can go back home to be treated like slaves by their hubbies?
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Not all Iraqi women are married. In fact, the most qualified women for such a program would most likely be single women. You seem to think we couldn't help determine the composition of the student body - we can and should. A bunch of liberal women is just what that religiously backwards-ass country needs.

We could educate the next generation of Iraqi leaders and intellectuals. Do you have something against spreading Western liberalism to the Middle East?
 
apdst said:
Why? So you can waste time educating them, so they can go back home to be treated like slaves by their hubbies?
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Come on apdst coming from you is a tad below the belt. I take it you have never been to Iraq huh. I have and I can tell you even under Saddam most of the Women I interacted with were very Independent.

I was hoping that this thread wouldn't fall into a Partisian BS session thanks for sending this down the sewer very fast.
 
Oftencold said:
Maybe.

Then again, we may all be trying to buy Iraqi sports cars too.

Exposure to the outside world may promote Terrorism. Insulation from the outside world certainly will.
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Yamamoto went to UCLA.
 
Scorpion89 said:
Come on apdst coming from you is a tad below the belt. I take it you have never been to Iraq huh. I have and I can tell you even under Saddam most of the Women I interacted with were very Independent.

I was hoping that this thread wouldn't fall into a Partisian BS session thanks for sending this down the sewer very fast.
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You expect me to believe that women are treated like gold in Iraq?
 
apdst said:
Yamamoto went to UCLA.
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And he wasn't a terrorist as a matter of fact he try to stop the Army Hot Head(As he called them) from going to war against the United States. He knew that there was no way that Japan could ever defeat the US.

Nice try to take this off topic if you wish to discuss this further then i suggest you go to either the Military or History Section and start a thread on Yamamoto I would be more the happy to join you in that thread but stop going off topic in my thread.:roll:
 
apdst said:
You expect me to believe that women are treated like gold in Iraq?
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Did I stated that no what I did say is that you have no idea about how women are actually treated in Iraq true can you show me any links or real facts to support your claims. If not stop trolling.
 
apdst said:
In 20-odd years, we'll be hearing about how some international terrorist holds two degrees from an American university. There's something to look forward to.
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Seriously man, that isn't how it works by and large.

I had two very close friends one was from Iran and the other was from Iraq.
Wonderful people and they still retained their religion. They were a married couple.
I'd say we could use some of their culture here considering they are more reserved people that have a sense of self respect and self restraint.
 
Nope, not making it up.

Marwan Yousef al-Shehhi -educated in Germany.

Ziad Samir Jarrah -Studied aerospace engineering in Germany.

Ramzi Binalshibh -Applied for a student visa to take flight training in the United States.

Hani Saleh Hanjour -Attended the University of Arizona.

Mohammad Sidique Khan -Educated in England. British citizen.

Shehzad Tanweer -Attended Leeds metropolitan University. British citizen.

Germaine Maurice Lindsay, also known as Abdullah Shaheed Jamal -Educated in England. British citizen, immigrated from Jamaica.

Hasib Mir Hussain -Educated in England. British citizen.

Abdullah el-Faisal -British citizen, immigrated from Jamaica.
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Islamist leaders tend to be well acquainted with the West, having lived there, learned its languages, and studied its cultures. Turabi of the Sudan has advanced degrees from the University of London and the Sorbonne; he also spent a summer in the United States, touring the country on a U.S. taxpayer-financed program for foreign student leaders. Abbasi Madani, a leader of Algeria's Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), received a doctorate in education from the University of London. His Tunisian counterpart, Rashid al-Ghannushi, spent a year in France and since 1993 makes his home in Great Britain. Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey's leading militant politician, studied in Germany. Mousa Mohamed Abu Marzook, the head of Hamas' political committee, has lived in the United States since 1980, has a doctorate in engineering from Louisiana State University, and has been classified as a permanent U.S. resident since 1990. Though for years he was able to elude law enforcement, Abu Marzook was recently arrested at a New York airport on his way into the country to register his son in an American school.
The Western Mind of Radical Islam :: Daniel Pipes
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