Boys of Baghdad College Vie for Prime Minister
The priests have long since departed, but the elite Jesuit high school called Baghdad College still looms over the swirling world of Iraqi politics. The three Iraqi political leaders considered most likely to end up as prime minister after nationwide elections this week – Ayad Allawi, Ahmad Chalabi and Adel Abdul Mahdi – were schoolmates at the all-boys English-language school in the late 1950’s, fortunate members of the Baghdad elite that governed Iraq until successive waves of revolution and terror swept it away. Full Story