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Iraq: The Road to Learning Can Be Dangerous

BAQUBA - University professors now enjoy increased pay, but in the face of threats and isolation, there is little they are able to do in the world of academics.

All that has got better is the pay packages. Under the regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein -- and primarily because of the U.S.-backed and UN-enforced economic sanctions -- Iraq academics in Iraq were given severely low wages, sometimes less than ten dollars a month.