From: "Robert Comer" 

> Have you checked out any of the Iraqi blogs?

Not representative of the general population.

- Bob Comer


"jeff"  wrote in message
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> Robert Comer wrote:
>>>Iraq is part of the bigger picture, I agree, as is spreading democracy
>>>our only hope.
>>
>>
>> Forcing it on people will be our downfall.
>>
> Have you checked out any of the Iraqi blogs?
>
> http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
>
> Tuesday, November 16, 2004
>
> The reason why we weren’t posting regularly in the last week or so is
> because we were outside Iraq, having meetings with our friends who are
> running “Spirit of America”.
> In the last meeting we put the final touches for the “friends of
>  democracy” project; a project that is dedicated to spread the concepts of
> democracy among Iraqis through the internet by helping students’ groups
> and NGOs create their own blogs (in Arabic) and introduce these groups to
> each other in a way that enables them to exchange their thoughts and
> spread the news about their activities as well as by arranging for
> lectures and discussions to inform the Iraqi voters (through interactive
> discussions) about the nature and importance of the coming elections. This
> will be done without any interference with the choices they will make
> because our ultimate goal is to help our people choose what they believe
> is good for them.
> The project will not be limited to the coming elections only; we’re
> looking forward to extend this project for the time following the
> elections.
>
> http://iraqataglance.blogspot.com/
>
> http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/
>
> http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/
>
> http://www.iraq-iraqis.blogspot.com/
>
> Wednesday, November 10, 2004
> Trip to Basra
> Few days passed after the results of the American elections. Many
> conclusions can be put now; the most important one is “the empty barrel
> gives higher sounds than a filled one”, its clear to say that when
> president Bush wins public votes more than any other president in American
> history, that’s an important fact no one can ignore, and it tells all
> Americans that it was the right thing to do and accept.
> For me as an Iraqi I am happy and thankful for the results because I
> couldn’t afford to face new policy from another party who think that
> things in Iraq should be turned to UN, which we know very well in Iraq,
> how corrupt it is. What proves my wards the letter of UN secretary general
> to Prime Minister Alawy on the 6th of Nov 2004 about warning the Iraqi
> government not to attack Faluja…..OK, not to attack; what’s the plan
> then?. Answer…none in the letter.
>
> http://astarfrommosul.blogspot.com/
> (not exactly pro-American, but can you imagine this guy talking this
> freely under Saddam?)

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