Salam Pax: The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi

[OneBlueSky]

coming to Amazon.com . . .

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802140440/qid%3D1063132484/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-4023591-1927358

Salam Pax attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Weblog, or Internet diary, he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Iraq. "Where is Raed?" provided an outlet for the incisive, perceptive, and at times hilarious commentary of an everyday Iraqi during the final days of Saddam Hussein's regime. Not a supporter of Saddam, Salam Pax recorded in his online journal the anticipation, resentment, amusement, and sheer terror he felt as he witnessed the demise of a long dictatorship and the chaos that followed its destruction. In doing so, the pseudonymous 29-year-old Iraqi engineer educated in Austria has become the voice of an Internet generation. This book collects the remarkably well-written entries of this Internet antihero who has come to be known as the "Baghdad Blogger."

[papau]

1. His 12 years in Austria and the west was a great "investment"

Catch his interview on the BBC.

:-)