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To: Dayuhan who wrote (45092)5/18/2004 1:20:50 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793791
 
If I saw any evidence that secular leadership is emerging among the Shiites, I'd be happier. I don't see those things.


The feeling I get from the Iraqi blogs is we have very little feel of the Iraqi life. The bloggers, of course, are westernized enough to be different that "Joe Iraq," but still give us a better picture than we get from the press.

Even John Burns of the NYT has to walk around with an interpreter and a bodyguard. Add to that the fact that most interpreters are ex-baathist "minders," and you realize that the filtering is really dark. Al Jaariza, et al, are useless.
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