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To: E who wrote (113711)	9/2/2003 6:27:13 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Riverbend does have some interesting commentary on the fundamentalist treatment of women that leaves me convinced that she is a she. I can't really imagine the horror of being a woman in a fundamentalist Islamic country. Here is an interesting review of a book written by a woman visiting Afghanistan, The Bookseller of Kabul. spectator.co.uk One of the things about Riverbend (and Salman Pax)(edit: Salam Pax, I keep typing Salman Pax due to some sort of short-circuit in my brain, no doubt thinking of Salman Rushdie) that makes me feel a bit impatient with them is that I get the distinct feeling that their personal lives under Saddam were pretty much just fine. I sometimes get the feeling that they are a trifle nostalgic. On the other hand, when they complain, say, about Chalabi, I don't see how he can live down the conviction in Jordan - it may well be true that his conviction was on false testimony, but still, he's damaged goods. So I agree with them. And Riverbend gives interesting insight into Al-Hakim, the cleric who was just killed. He was very unpopular with many in Iraq because he sided with the Iranian mullahs who killed so many Iraqis. Regardless of who these people actually are, their insights have great value, to me, in trying to make sense of things. On the third hand, there is always the possibility that it's pure propaganda.

To: E who wrote (113711)	9/3/2003 2:23:35 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 281500

Hi E; Re: "As I said earlier, I didn't have any feeling of "wrongness," that is suspiciousness, about Salam Pax's writing ... Neither of their styles is like riverbend's in the ways that make hers suspect to me. Do we have any biographical information about Salam Pax or Shiapundi, esp with regard to the ages and circumstances of their exposure to English?" It's a well known scientific fact that women, especially young women, are unable to learn foreign languages very well, especially when compared to sharp old men like me. So it is highly suspect that Riverbend, a young women, could possibly have learned to write a foreign language so well. Clearly she's a fake. And the note by Salam Pax just makes it that much more suspicious. The rumors she spread about the bridge repair cost is just the sort of false rumor that would be spread around Baghdad by those old men like Saddam Hussein. If I turn her in to the authorities will I get the $25 million? -- Carl