A lot of people here and in Western press seem to think that Iraqis and Arabs are simple-minded people who must be "brought democracy." That is not true. Even before the fall of saddam, Iraqi blogs were teeming with debate and intelligentsia, and it is a good indicator of the Iraqi spirit.
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/2003_03_01_dear_raed_archive.htmlThat blog was kept from around 2002 straight through 2004. It went through the war, but the pre-war stuff where the blogger made fun of saddam was the best. Most people didn't think you were allowed to make fun of saddam on the computer, but I suppose they are wrong. He mostly talks about his life, but around the war time he gets pretty pissed off and becomes political, and he's pretty angry through 2004 becuase things become pretty bad for him and Iraqis.
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/Another great iraqi blog, but it didnt start until after the occupation, so if you're into the politics of the war this isn't really the place to look.
http://ayadrahimtriptoiraq.blogspot.com/A great blog from a very educated man in law and politics
http://kurdistanblog.blogspot.com/These are Kurds. They are very strongly for the occupation, for obvious reasons
http://messopotamian.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_messopotamian_archive.htmlHighly pro-occupation Iraqi who trusts GWB more than we do
http://iraquna.blogspot.com/Anti-occupation blog compiled by many Iraqis
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