IT was a university report that any aspiring young Ba’athist would have been proud of. “Comrade Nadir Hussein,’’ it read, “attendance: excellent; intellectual ability: good; relationship with other comrades: good; military experience: fair; potential for promotion in the party: excellent.’’
Secured on Monday by the recce platoon of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, newly liberated Basra University resembled more a paramilitary training camp for the Ba’ath Party than a centre of academic excellence.