An Inside View From Baghdad

[FUNKMAN]

I found this on the Yahoo website. Their is an Iraqi citizen in Baghdad who has been basically keeping a public/diary on the Web of what he is experiencing in Baghdad. Thought it might be an interesting site to visit...



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A mysterious Iraqi who calls himself Salam Pax, writing a Web log from the heart of Baghdad, has developed a large Internet following with his wry accounts of daily life in a city under U.S. bombardment.

Salam Pax, a pseudonym crafted from the Arabic and Latin words for peace, came back on line on Monday after a two-day break because of interruptions in Internet access.

The traffic on his Web site, http://dear_raed.blogspot.com, caused the server to go down and Salam's e-mail folder has filled with inquiries about his true identity.


Salam, who writes in English, is the only resident of Iraq (news - web sites) known to be filing accounts of the war directly to the Web.


He has spoken against the invasion but clearly has no great love for Iraq's Baathist leaders.




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[Death Metal Moe]

I'm impressed that there' still internet access in Iraq.

I'd welcome an insiders view to the war but this reeks of foul play.

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[FUNKMAN]

I'd welcome an insiders view to the war but this reeks of foul play.



i'm curious if you would have that same view after you read some of his journal...

i haven't read much of it up to this point so i haven't formed any opinion yet!


PEACE

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[Death Metal Moe]

I can't read.

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[FUNKMAN]

I can't read.


don't know if you saw it but i snagged you in the Library thread...
:)

why did you lie?

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[Death Metal Moe]

I lie a lot. It's free.

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[Steels]

And I am considered laughable for referring to Fox News.

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[TheMojoPin]

Dude, nobody is claiming this is "news"...

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[FUNKMAN]

And I am considered laughable for referring to Fox News.


you got a strong spirit...

you stayed up til 4am to get a little "zing" on me...

:)


PEACE!

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[LiquidCourage]

I read that.
It seems pretty authentic.
One thing that is weird is that he doesn't really say much either way as far as the invasion or Saddam goes.
He doesn't really bad mouth either.
He does say that the bombs were amazingly precise though.
I'd be skepticle of it though.

[DarkHippie]

he doesn't seem to have a political agenda one way or another. I hope someone archives it for historical reference

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