Training
The education system has been greatly expanded since the
early 1970s and includes preschool, compulsory school,
colleges and vocational schools and universities. The state,
which is responsible for all schools and universities, aims
to promote "democracy, socialism and unity" in education
policy. Since 1976, compulsory schooling has existed from
the age of 6 to 11 and at the compulsory school level all
education is free. Despite this, only 3/4 of the girls
attend elementary school and only 10% of them go on to
higher studies. Each stage concludes with extensive exams
that are crucial for further studies. At higher levels there
are many forms of scholarships and student support. The
language of instruction is Arabic but in the autonomous
Kurdish region is also taught in Kurdish. Check topschoolsintheusa for test centers of ACT, SAT, and GRE as well high schools in the country of Iraq.
Since the mid-1970s, the importance of vocational schools
has been paid special attention. In 1978, it was enacted
that all illiterates between the ages of 15 and 45 must
register for educational programs. However, practical
difficulties and the many years of war have limited the
effects. In 1990, 40% of the population over 15 years were
non-literate (men 30%, women 50%). In 1987, Iraq had 6
universities with 110,000 students and 19 technical
institutes with 32,000 students. This was not considered
sufficient, and prior to the war against Kuwait many state
scholarships were awarded for study at foreign universities.
The United States is invading Iraq
On March 20, the United States launched its war on Iraq.
While the father's Gulf War in 1991 had support from almost
all over the world, the Bush junior war coalition now
consisted of the United States, Britain, Australia, Poland
and Denmark alone. Right from the start, the war coalition
met far more resistance from the Iraqis than anticipated.
Despite the overwhelming military force, the cities of
southern Iraq stubbornly resisted the invasion force, the US
military columns were attacked by the Iraqi military and the
Fedayeen forces. The United States had stated in advance
that the Iraqis would fall "liberators" around their necks,
but that proved not to be the case. For several days, it
sparked divisions in the US war machine, with generals
criticizing US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld for
acting unselfishly, discarding military planners' plans, and
deployed too few land forces. Military experts started
talking about the war could take months or years. Meanwhile,
prices plunged on the world's stock exchanges, fearing a
protracted war followed by high oil prices.
The Western media was predominantly marked by the North
American war propaganda, where the war was renamed
"campaign" and the victims were absent. On the other hand,
they were not at the Arab TV station al Jazeera. The United
States has never breached al Jazeera, and bombed the
station's office in Baghdad, just as its office in Kabul had
been bombed barely 1½ years before. Neither did the Iraqi
government care about all of Jazeera's coverage, and during
the war expelled an al Jazeera journalist who was accused of
spying in favor of the United States.
After 2 weeks of war, the war turned for the United
States. Baghdad International Airport dropped and a few days
later - April 8 - Baghdad itself fell. It is still not
revealed why Baghdad fell so quickly after the cities in the
south had been holding off for several weeks. However,
persistent rumors say that the United States bribed the
Iraqi generals with millions of dollars to abandon the
defense. Pretty much the same method the US had used 1½
years before to defeat the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.
The problem for the United States, however, was that the
superpower was not met as liberators. The United States,
therefore, had to stage the events themselves. The US
Marines toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein in central
Baghdad, letting the TV images go around the world. As
enthusiasm was still difficult to get hold of the Iraqi
civilian population, the US troops followed. several
independent sources started urging the civilian population
to carry out looting of all public buildings. Tanks drove
into i.a. The Justice Department and Arab interpreters in
the tanks then called on the Iraqis to plunder the building.
Over the following days, the raids took off - either
actively encouraged by the North American troops, or with
them as passive spectators. The purpose should apparently be
to create a situation where the US could say, that the Iraqi
people "made up for the hated dictatorship" and where at the
same time such anarchic conditions were created that the US
forces had to stay to ensure "peace and order". In those
days, ministries, hospitals, schools, the National Bank, the
National Museum, and all other public buildings were looted
with U.S. Marines as passive bystanders. However, there were
2 exceptions: the Ministry of Oil and the Department of the
Interior, both of which were sharply guarded by American
soldiers. Observers believe it is due to the United States'
special interest in Iraqi oil and the Iraqi intelligence
service's archives in the Department of the Interior. For
the same reason, neither of the two ministries had been hit
by rockets during the bombings. The Ministry of Oil and the
Department of the Interior were both sharply guarded by
American soldiers. Observers believe it is due to the United
States' special interest in Iraqi oil and the Iraqi
intelligence service's archives in the Department of the
Interior. For the same reason, neither of the two ministries
had been hit by rockets during the bombings. The Ministry of
Oil and the Department of the Interior were both sharply
guarded by American soldiers. Observers believe it is due to
the United States' special interest in Iraqi oil and the
Iraqi intelligence service's archives in the Department of
the Interior. For the same reason, neither of the two
ministries had been hit by rockets during the bombings.
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