Professionals flee Iraq fearing violence

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPI) -- With the growing insurgency in Iraq, an increasing number of professionals are fleeing the country, making the reconstruction task even more difficult.

The problem is that shadowy political groups have targeted doctors, lawyers, professors and businessmen for kidnapping, ransom and even death, reports The Washington Post.

'I think it`s part of the plan for the country`s destruction,' Dr. Omar Kubasi, Iraq`s most noted cardiologist, told The Post by telephone from Jordan, where he has fled. 'The situation in the last six months has gotten so bad, we couldn`t continue.'

He left Baghdad in May after he and nine other doctors received letters telling them they would be killed if they did not stop working in Iraq.

The Post report said so many professionals have fled that Iraq is in danger of losing the core of skilled people it needs most just as it tries to build a newly independent society. Those with resources go to Jordan, Syria, and Egypt or to Western countries if they have visas. Those left behind feel abandoned."
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This story seems to validate just what TT of Citizen of Mosul has been telling us.