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Infomaniac: WeBlog
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Blogging Iraq
With the election coming up and the after-inauguration lull in news about Iraq, some interesting things coming out of that country, worth checking out:
Birding Babylon is a rare bird, indeed, a blog by a birding enthusiast now stationed in the war zone. Nice to see that some positive enthusiasms don't get left behind in the middle of violence. Beautiful photos and a bird list too. Friends of Democracy is an election blog from various Iraqi bloggers, with news and comments on how it's working. Riverbend, of Baghdad Burning, who I've linked to several times, continues to post contrarian reports from Baghdad. As she sees it, life is bad there now and continues to get worse, and she has little hope for the election:
...I'm sure people outside of the country are shaking their heads at the words 'collective punishment'. "No, Riverbend," they are saying, "That's impossible." But anything is possible these days. People in many areas are being told that if they don't vote - Sunnis and Shia alike - the food and supply rations we are supposed to get monthly will be cut off. We've been getting these rations since the beginning of the nineties and for many families, it's their main source of sustenance. What sort of democracy is it when you FORCE people to go vote for someone or another they don't want?" The BBC has several people blogging from Iraq about the election. Links to more blogs from Iraq at the Future of Iraq Portal. (Thanks to Guardian News Blog.) posted by liz at 1:55 PM 
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