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I was on the road back to Baghdad on the 28th when the transfer of authority to the Iraqi interim government was announced. Since I was exhausted and starving from the long road, I was therefore more interested in gobbling up my lunch of tishreeb and rice than the ceremonies on tv at the bustling restaurant near Kut. I thought it was a wise decision to announce the event two days before it was planned so I wasn't much surprised, though some people argue that it spoiled the whole thing. Actually, it took the unguarded Arab media by complete surprise,...

From the Iraqi blogger Omar at Iraq the Model: (Via Andrew Sullivan): The hall was busy and everyone was chatting and laughing loud. They had Al-Jazeera on (something I never managed to convince them to stop doing). Then suddenly Mr. Bremer appeared on TV reading his last speech before he left Iraq. I approached the TV to listen carefully to the speech, as I expected it to be difficult in the midst of all that noise. To my surprise everyone stopped what they were doing and started watching as attentively as I was. The speech was impressive and you could...

Iraqi Blogs are moving into great new realms, many have areas where you can actually post with iraqi's. Didn't know how many went to these sites, just figured i'd give a heads up so fellow freepers could check them out.

After living in terror for more than 30 years, the Iraqi people are facing it again in the likes of Sadr and his gang of thugs. These next days are crucial in the fight for the future of Iraq. How can we link up with Iraqis so that we can send them words of encouragement? Let's do a massive freep of Iraq via the Internet! Let's encourage freedom-loving Iraqis to stand strong during this time of testing. PLEASE, PLEASE POST ANY LINKS YOU HAVE.

Alaa Smary is an Iraqi Father who, unlike yesterday's Palestinian mother of two and suicide bomber, does what's best for his family with "love and care". Alaa lives in Iraq and writes knowing his people and what will work for their future. This letter is Alaa's third piece in his series: "ATTENTION COALITION" appearing on his blog: http://messopotamian.blogspot.com. "In the name of God the Compassionate the Merciful" Hi Friends, Despite very busy schedule and travel plans I have to get some of this off my chest. I don’t have much time, so I shall summarize as much as possible. I...

I stumbled onto these Iraqi blogs and have made them part of my daily news readings, here are the ones I consider vey good reading: http://messopotamian.blogspot.com/ http://iraqataglance.blogspot.com/ http://www.healingiraq.com/