Dear Raed is back
Native Iraqi and Baghdad-resident blogger Salam Pax has started posting regular updates again at his site: dear_raed.blogspot.com. He was traveling for a few weeks, hopefully getting to enjoy some of the notoriety he gained before the war as a lone, uncensored voice of the Iraqi people.
When he first gained popularity in the months leading up to our invasion of Iraq, opinions ranged the gamut from “American Phsy-Ops” to “Iraqi Phsy-Ops”. I held out my gut feeling that he was genuine, and after the war I was proven correct; Guardian UK found him and offered him a regular column. Now he’s back in Iraq and commenting on the day-to-day life of people in and around Baghdad. How things have changed from before Saddam, what the American efforts look like to the locals, and throwing in some of the usual inane commentary you’ll find in most blogs out there…
Check it out. It’s a good counter-balance to TV news and administration talking heads telling us how much “better” things are over there now compared to before.
