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Allegations Against Sargon Dadisho- True/ False?
Posted By: Kewel Assyrian (dialup-234.13.194.203.acc06-kent-syd.comindico.com.au)
Date: Thursday, 22 June 2006, at 8:43 a.m.
Hi all i was looking a the Ashur TV website and they had this put on the Mesopotamian magazine. I just wanted to know if this is true and if Dr. Sargon Dadisho will be reading out a statement to clear his name of these allegations.
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Special Zinda Magazine Investigative Report
Sargon Dadesho is a man quick to judge and to convict other Assyrians on his worldwide
AssyriaSat television program. For years he's stood with his backs towards a bookshelf
filled with books and has brandished his professional and educational "doctorate title" for
the whole world to see.To his followers he is “Dr.” Sargon Dadesho, yet no one has been able to furnish proof of
Dadesho’s educational records pointing to his successful completion of a postbaccalaureate
degree from an accredited American university where he is said to hold a
degree in the biological sciences from a northern California university. Until now!
Further investigation into one of the most charismatic activists in the Assyrian politics and
the winner of Zinda magazine’s '6754 Person of the Year' title has revealed something
completely different.Prompted by a call from the U.S. State Department to our offices in Washington D.C. our staff launched a comprehensive
investigation into the academic background of Mr. Sargon Dadesho.
A few days prior to the arrival of Mr. Yonadam Kanna, the current representative of the #####-Assyrian Christians
of Iraq in the National Assembly, Mr. Dadesho was making direct calls asking several officials to prevent the
arrival of Mr. Kanna, whom he was identifying as an ex-Baathist. The State Department officials contacted our
office to obtain more information about Mr. Dadesho and were advised of his role as a commentator on an Assyrian
television program. Zinda Magazine also explained that Mr. Dadesho does not hold a doctorate degree from
an accredited university as he claims.To prevent any clashes between Mr. Kanna's supporters and Mr. Dadesho's dozen or so
followers in California's Central Valley during Mr. Kanna's visit Zinda Magazine informed advisors close to Mr.
Kanna not to release the information about Mr. Dadesho's calls to the State Department until Mr. Kanna's return
to Baghdad. Other than a bomb threat call in Turlock, during Mr. Kanna's visit to the Assyrian American Civic
Club of Turlock, no other serious incidents were reported. Mr. Kanna is now back safely in Baghdad.
To confirm the information provided to the State Department Zinda Magazine bagan an
investigation into the academic background of Mr. Dadesho - a task commonly followed by the news agencies to
confirm the data provided on public figures in the U.S.On the Bet Nahrain Democratic Party's website, Sargon Dadesho proudly and unashamedly boasts in his resume
that he allegedly received his Ph.D. degree in Physiological Sciences from Pacific Western University from 1973
to 1976. [1]
The address and phone number of Pacific Western University is given as: 600 N Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles,
California 90049, (310) 471-0306.
A US college search engine did not reveal much about Pacific Western University . The only fact gleaned from
their website was the fact that they were a “for-profit” University. When attempts were made to contact them to
discuss their former student, the University receptionist was reluctant to provide any answers or discuss any of
their former students. Further research with the US government revealed startling new evidence about Pacific
Western University.Zinda investigation also revealed that the Admissions office of the University of California, Davis holds no information
on Mr. Sargon Dadesho as a recipient of a PhD degree in Physiological Sciences between 1973 and
1976.In a May 11 report entitled “Diploma Mills,” the U.S. General Accounting Office disclosed how hundreds of federal
employees–including some with senior-level posts–had obtained degrees from unaccredited outfits like California
Coast. The GAO investigations, conducted at the request of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs,
noted that, in some instances, advanced degrees were obtained in an effort to secure promotions. [3]
‘These mills are described by GAO as non-traditional, unaccredited, postsecondary schools that offer degrees for
a relatively flat fee, promote the award of academic credits based on life experience, and do not require any
classroom instruction. Kennedy-Western University, California Coast University and Pacific Western University
are examples cited by GAO.Purporting to be a prospective student, our Zinda investigator placed telephone calls to three schools that award
academic credits based on life experience and require no classroom instruction: Barrington University (Mobile,
Alabama); Lacrosse University (Bay St. Louis, Mississippi); and Pacific Western University (Los Angeles, California).
These schools each charge a flat fee for a degree. For example, fees for degrees for domestic students at
Pacific Western University are as follows: Bachelor of Science ($2,295); Master's Degree in Business Administration
($2,395); and PhD ($2,595). School representatives emphasized to our undercover investigator that they are
not in the business of providing, and do not permit students to enroll for, individual courses or training. Instead,
the schools market and require payment for degrees on a flat-fee basis. [4]In the world of academia, faking credentials is not looked upon graciously. In fact anyone caught blatantly faking
their credentials is shunned and ostracized. This is a far cry from the professional world where there are even reports
of people, who have faked their credentials, receiving criminal convictions. A recent example which made
public news in the U.S. was the immediate resignation of the CEO of RadioShack, David Edmonsdson, who lied
about his completion of a theology degree on his resume.Mr. Sargon Dadesho, who unlovingly refers to this publication as 'Zibla Magazine" (zibla is rubbish in Assyrian
(Syriac)" is lovingly advised by our staff not to flaunt his faked credentials out into the academic or professional
arenas where he will surely be revealed as an impostor. Instead he ought to continue to broadcast his Assyrian
satellite television - which we affectionately refer to as the Assyrian Comedy Central - secure in the knowledge
that his dozen or so loyal Assyrian listeners are unwilling to either question or challenge his forged credentials.
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