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"An incredible view of life in Baghdad." -- Erica Hill, CNN.com
"In turns crass and subtle, provincial and worldly, [this] diary has become one voice of an Internet generation." -- Charles Piller, The Los Angeles Times
"The most famous and most mysterious blogger in the world…Salam Pax was the Anne Frank of the war…and its Elvis." -- Peter Maass, Slate.com
"The most vivid account of the…war…has appeared on the internet-on the weblog of an unknown Iraqi." -- Leo Hickman, The Guardian
"‘Salam Pax’ is an extremely talented writer." -- William Gibson
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Salam Pax has attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Internet diary he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Iraq. Bringing his incisive and sharply funny Web postings together in print for the first time, Salam Pax provides one of the most gripping accounts of the Iraq conflict and will be the subject of global media attention. In September 2002, twenty-nine-year-old Iraqi architect calling himself "Salam Pax" began posting daily accounts of everyday life in Baghdad onto the Internet. Salam daily risked retribution from Saddam's regime, as more than 200,000 people went missing under Saddam, many for far lesser crimes than the open criticism of the regime that Salam voiced in his diary. Salam Pax's sharp, candid, and often dryly funny articles soon attracted a worldwide readership. In the months that followed, as a huge American-led force gathered to destroy Saddam's hated regime, Salam's Internet diary became a unique record of the anticipation, anger, resentment, humor, and sheer terror felt by an ordinary man living through the final days of Saddam Hussein's twenty-five-year dictatorship, and the aftermath of its destruction.
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"An incredible view of life in Baghdad." -- Erica Hill, CNN.com
"In turns crass and subtle, provincial and worldly, [this] diary has become one voice of an Internet generation." -- Charles Piller, The Los Angeles Times
"The most famous and most mysterious blogger in the world…Salam Pax was the Anne Frank of the war…and its Elvis." -- Peter Maass, Slate.com
"The most vivid account of the…war…has appeared on the internet-on the weblog of an unknown Iraqi." -- Leo Hickman, The Guardian
"‘Salam Pax’ is an extremely talented writer." -- William Gibson
Product Description
Salam Pax has attracted a huge worldwide readership for the Internet diary he kept during the buildup, prosecution, and aftermath of the war in Iraq. Bringing his incisive and sharply funny Web postings together in print for the first time, Salam Pax provides one of the most gripping accounts of the Iraq conflict and will be the subject of global media attention. In September 2002, twenty-nine-year-old Iraqi architect calling himself "Salam Pax" began posting daily accounts of everyday life in Baghdad onto the Internet. Salam daily risked retribution from Saddam's regime, as more than 200,000 people went missing under Saddam, many for far lesser crimes than the open criticism of the regime that Salam voiced in his diary. Salam Pax's sharp, candid, and often dryly funny articles soon attracted a worldwide readership. In the months that followed, as a huge American-led force gathered to destroy Saddam's hated regime, Salam's Internet diary became a unique record of the anticipation, anger, resentment, humor, and sheer terror felt by an ordinary man living through the final days of Saddam Hussein's twenty-five-year dictatorship, and the aftermath of its destruction.
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I'm preparing my emergency lists these days - any suggestions are welcome. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York Times, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, United States, Ministry of Information, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Arasat Street, Barbara Bodine, Female Journalist, Legendary Monkey, Ali Baba, Culpepper Log, Imam Hussein, Massive Attack, The Economist, Fuck Saddam, David Bowie, Hotel Pax, National Museum, Satan's Beverages Dealer, Security Council, Sharrif Ali, Unqualified Offerings, Washington Post New!
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I'm preparing my emergency lists these days - any suggestions are welcome. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York Times, Saddam Hussein, Gulf War, United States, Ministry of Information, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Arasat Street, Barbara Bodine, Female Journalist, Legendary Monkey, Ali Baba, Culpepper Log, Imam Hussein, Massive Attack, The Economist, Fuck Saddam, David Bowie, Hotel Pax, National Museum, Satan's Beverages Dealer, Security Council, Sharrif Ali, Unqualified Offerings, Washington Post New!
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- The Quiet American (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Graham Greene on page 83
- The Ticket That Exploded (Burroughs, William S.) by William S. Burroughs on page 78
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