Lecturer and Her Husband Murdered in Iraq - Police

Reuters ^ | 6/22/04 | Maher al-Thanoon

[TexKat]

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected assassins killed a university lecturer and her husband in the latest attacks on prominent Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul, police said on Tuesday.

Relatives said Layla Abdullah Saad, the dean of the college of law at Mosul University, had received threats but had refused to hire security guards to protect her house where she was shot and stabbed to death on her doorstep.

Residents said the murders -- which followed the killing of a lecturer from the same university in January -- appeared to fit a pattern of attacks designed to intimidate voices of moderate opinion in Iraq's third-largest city, scene of repeated car bombings and drive-by shootings.

A pool of blood stained a small flight of steps leading to one of the front entrances to the two-storey house, marking the spot where Saad was killed, police said.

"She received a couple of threats. Some people advised her to hire guards to protect that house, but she wouldn't listen," said one of Saad's relatives, who declined to be named.

The body of her husband, Moneer al-Khero, lay in a bedroom in the house in the affluent Aldanadan neighborhood in southern Mosul. Police said he had been shot three times during the attack, which bore the hallmarks of a professional killing.

Initial investigation showed the killers had left cash in the house untouched, while avoiding leaving obvious clues as to their possible identity.

"It is a big conspiracy, to kill all the qualified and highly educated people, in order to horrify others so they will not lead government institutions," said Jamal Ahmed, 30, a driver employed by the university.

He was among a small crowd of colleagues and neighbors gathered outside the house, waiting for police to bring out the bodies for burial, while patrol cars sealed off the street.

Police offered no immediate explanation of the motive.

Insurgents fighting U.S. forces have conducted numerous assassinations, including of academics, in their campaign to destabilize Iraq and undermine support for an interim government due to take over sovereignty on June 30.

The dean of the political science department at Mosul University, Abdul Jabbar Mustafa, was killed in January.

[TexKat]

A relative of assassinated Iraqi university dean Layla Abdullah Saad looks at blood stained floor after she was killed in her house in central Mosul, June 22, 2004. Layla, dean of the college of law at Mosul University, and her husband, Moneer al-Khero, were found dead at their house early on Tuesday, police said. Photo by Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters

Relatives removed the body of assassinated Iraqi university dean Layla Abdullah Saad from her house after she and her husband were murdered in central Mosul, 390 km ( 242 miles) north of Baghdad June 22, 2004. Layla, dean of the college of law at Mosul university, and her husband, Moneer al-Khero, were found dead at their house early on Tuesday, police said. REUTERS/Namir Noor-Eldeen

[Dr. Frank fan]

I've said it before and I say it again, if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times:

Every time some innocent person is murdered by psycho fanatics in Iraq, this just goes to prove once again that we should pull out because murder proves that Iraq should not be ruled by a consensual government, but by whatever psycho fanatics are doing all the murdering. Murder proves the murderers should be in power!

/sarcasm

Another thing it reinforces is how our being in Iraq is "distracting" us from fighting the "real" war on terror. See? Obviously terror and Iraq have nothing to do with each other. Just think, instead of (wrongly) trying to make sure the psycho fanatic murderers don't come to power in Iraq, we COULD have our troops sitting in a desert in the middle of Afghanistan, fightin' Terror. What a waste!

/double_sarcasm

[TexKat]

An ambulance is seen in front of the house of the dean of Mosul university law school, Leila Abdullah Saad, who was killed with her husband, Munir al-Keiro, overnight in their suburban home in Mosul, 370 kms north of Baghdad.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)

[isthisnickcool]

Hey moslems, hey islam! Guess what! If you murder you go to hell. Well, at least if you murder a "believer" (Qur'an 4.92):

Anyone who kills a believer intentionally will have his reward in hell, to remain there. god will be angry with him and curse him, and prepare awful torment for him.

It appears like Mohammad most moslems can't read their own "book" or don't understand their own so-called religion. They can't even wipe their bottoms without asking some Imam how to.

For centuries moslems have fought the way of the ambush. Against their "enemies" and each other. How "brave" they are to once again kill unarmed innocent people as they did here.

[detsaoT]

LOL! Thanks for the link - Much entertainment to be found there! Consider:

Toilet Worries
Pyjamas and Underwear
On the use of Pig Leather
Interacting with Kafir in a non-muslim state (i.e., the U.S.)
Nail-cutting

Glad to see I've got another source of amusement for the day... ;)

[First_Salute]

"It is a big conspiracy, to kill all the qualified and highly educated people, in order to horrify others so they will not lead government institutions," said Jamal Ahmed, 30, a driver employed by the university.

This will be the no. 1 objective of the fascist socialist supporters of "Islam" (read: totalitarinistas regardless of their uniform de jeur), in Iraq, as well as at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and at U.C. Berkeley.

[Centurion2000]

For stupid Muslims that cannot pee without talking to an Imam about it.

[isthisnickcool]

Glad to see I've got another source of amusement for the day... ;)

I've been linking to that site since 9/11. I've had a LOT of people think it's a joke site. While islam is a joke that site is not and it will give you a real look at the real islam. It's one of the best places to learn about islam. Since it involves real "followers".

[poindexter]

Wow. According to that page, even talking to a woman is fornication. If only I had known, I would have enjoyed it more! ;-)

[Dawgmeister]

Reuters reports that she was shot and stabbed to death by "suspected" assassins. As opposed to what, I wonder?

[First_Salute]

See Another university professor murdered(200 killed since last year) - Iraq Press, May 11, 2004 - posted to Free Republic on May 12, 2004, by Pikamax.

[First_Salute]

Bump.

[mtbopfuyn]

Layla Abdullah Saad

Where have we heard that name before?

[swarthyguy]

One report says her husband was beheaded.

Over 1000 professionals have been killed since last year.

That handover won't happen fast enough; then we'll see Allawi take the gloves off and deal with these scum.

[Shaun_MD]

Wow, what a relief for her. I mean, if it were me,
I'd hate to be killed by a REAL assasin. I bet she was glad
a professional did the butchering instead of a "suspected"
assasin. Besides, attemped murder? what kind of crime is that? They don't give Nobel awards for "attempted" Chemistry do they?!

/More sad and depressed sarcasm.

[SnarlinCubBear]

bump