Did anyone else get an email from Baghdad Blogger Salam Pax’s friend Raed Jarrar saying he reads your blog and announcing his own blog? I wonder if it was a mass mailing or he really does read it. Anyway, his blog Raed in the Middle is worth reading for the same reason Salam’s was, he’s on the ground in the middle of a war, and what he has to report is not reassuring.
He has commented on the Japanese hostage crisis.
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Yuki says:
Apr 13, 2004
I got a comment from him in livejournal.. his writing is hyper like a preteen’s! do they celebrate easter??
Kurt says:
Apr 13, 2004
I got one as well, though I find it hard to believe he’s reading *my* blog…..
M Sinclair Stevens says:
Apr 13, 2004
I got one, too, but I wasn’t sure it was authentic. I mean Raed writes on Salam Pax’s blog–if he were starting his own blog, wouldn’t there have been some kind of announcement there?
I know Salam Pax links to Hunkabutta–and that would certainly provide links to all of us. But, I thought it was strange.
nils says:
Apr 13, 2004
OK, I guess it was spam, then. Speaking of spam, I finally changed the name of my MT comment script. Blacklist was doing an excellent job of stopping spam comments from getting through, but now they are aren’t even finding the form. I was getting hundreds of Blacklist denials in my log, but they have dropped to nearly zero. Should have renamed the script earlier.
raed jarrar says:
Apr 13, 2004
well.. i DO read your blog, dear nils!
nils says:
Apr 13, 2004
Oh dear, then I apologize for suspecting you. My family back in the U.S. doesn’t even read my blog, so it’s quite a surprise to learn that at least two people in a war zone have been checking in. I must have become too cynical with all the comment spam I’ve gotten. It’s good to know you are still there, and I was especially interested to read your comments about the reasons for AsSadr’s growing movement. People need to get more of the big picture on this ill-conceived war, and your commentaries are useful for this.
Regarding your comment, “Does Bush really think that he KILLED all the “badâ€� and “evilâ€� people there?” I think there is an important point to be made about Bush’s worldview, that evil is something “out there” that we can defeat to secure peace and prosperity for all the “good” people. He has painted the picture in these terms several times, beginning with his speech in the National Cathedral just a few days after 9/11.
A VERY fascinating article on the subject in Kyoto Journal: Getting Beyond Good vs. Evil
Moe says:
Apr 13, 2004
I usually don’t comment coz I haven’t got much to say, but I really do love your blog, Nils. Wonderful photos :)
eunae says:
Apr 14, 2004
I have linked you at my new weblog, because I love your insight, and your son’s pictures! He’s so cute.