Blog from Baghdad. (The Advocate Report).Who is Salam Pax Salam Pax (aka Salam al-Janabi, Arabic: سلام الجنابي) is a pseudonymous blogger from Iraq whose site "Where is Raed?" (see external links) received notable media attention ? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his "blog," or Web diary, the pseudonymous Pax is a gay Iraqi in Baghdad who speaks three languages and muses about being "the sexiest bear in the Middle East." His calm, well-crafted English-language journal, purporting to offer a firsthand report of the war ("smoke columns have now encircled en·cir·cle tr.v. en·cir·cled, en·cir·cling, en·cir·cles 1. To form a circle around; surround. See Synonyms at surround. 2. To move or go around completely; make a circuit of. Baghdad"), attracted almost 100,000 visitors in March, according to an article in the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . Whether he's a real person or not, "he's putting a human face on history," blog watcher Rebecca Blood told the Times. For a link to Pax's online journal, go to www.advocate.com. |
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