What about the schools in Iraq?

Some say we don't talk about the schools enough in Iraq.

Insurgents in Iraq have struck at the heart of the country's higher learning centers, kidnapping noted researchers, university professors, and administrators. Fearing for their personal safety, many educators are leaving the country.

Iraq's Minister of Higher Education, Tahir Khalaf Jabir, says he is not optimistic about the near-term future of Iraq's higher education.

First, he says, there is not nearly enough funding to rehabilitate the country's university system, which was damaged by years of neglect and international economic sanctions.

There you go.