(17 May 2003) VOICED BY: RICHARD VAUGHAN


00 00 FX man ringing bell for class at Al- Mustansirya University
00 06 Girls listening in classroom
00 11 Wide shot of lecturer talking to students in classroom
00 16 Various of classroom
00 24 SOUNDBITE: (English) Fellah al-Dulami, Professor, English Department:
"Four days ago the Deputy Dean was assassinated at the gates of the university. By whom - we don't know. A car passed by and somebody was shooting bullets. He died at (the scene)."
00 37 Various of damage to school
00 44 SOUNDBITE: (English) Novat Esteven, Student:
"I am very sad and disturbed (over) what's happened to the library and the destruction and the damage of the university. It wasn't nice for them to rob and steal and damage all these things. They belonged to the people - not to Saddam."
01 00 Students walking on campus
01 04 Various of students on campus
01 11 Wide shot of campus
01 15 ENDS

STORYLINE:

In Iraq, another sign that life is returning to normal - classes have restarted at Baghdad's universities.

Students and professors at the Al-Mustansirya (moos-stan-seeriya) University have welcomed the return.

00 02 Picking up their studies where they left off.

00 06 These students and hundreds of others like them have returned to Baghdad's universities for the first day of classes since the conflict.

00 14 But although this class looks full, fears over security have stopped many students from coming back.

00 20 Last week, the university suffered another blow.

00 24 SOUNDBITE: (English)
"Four days ago the Deputy Dean was assassinated at the gates of the university. By whom - we don't know, but a car passed by and somebody was shooting bullets. He died at (the scene)."
SUPERCAPTION: Fellah al-Dulami, Professor, English Department

00 39 Looters damaged many of the university buildings, including the library.

00 44 SOUNDBITE: (English)
"I am very sad and disturbed (over) what's happened to the library and the destruction and the damage of the university. It wasn't nice for them to rob and steal and damage all these things. They belonged to the people - not to Saddam."
SUPERCAPTION: Novat Esteven, Student

01 01 The students fear for the future.

01 04 They say it will take time and million of dollars of investment to bring these once respected institutions back to normality.

01 15 ENDS

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