Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Iraqi Bloggers Comment on Nation

The Iraqi Bloggers should read our blogs and they will see that we are on their side.

Wired News: Iraqi Bloggers Comment on Nation:

"BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Zeyad is a 27-year-old dentist. He works for a government clinic with broken dental chairs and no anesthetics. At home, when gunfire rattles his neighborhood, Zeyad's family cowers in one room murmuring prayers while he types away on his computer.

Zeyad is a blogger.

Unheard of in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, blogging is providing ordinary Iraqis with a voice -- a chance to vent and reflect on the changes reshaping their country.

For the outside world, the generally anonymous internet postings offer raw insider views and insights in which sorrow and joy, hope and despair, fear and defiance coexist as the violence of the insurgency and now sectarian divisions swirl around Iraqis.
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The West should listen to the opinions of the simple Iraqi people. They only hear from analysts and politicians,' said Zeyad, who agreed to discuss his blogging only if his family name wasn't revealed for security reasons. 'This is a good window into the world.'"

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