Update from Salam Adil on whats going down in the Iraqi blogosphere this week!

Jill Carroll is free. She was kidnapped January 7, 2006 by a Sunni insurgent group. She was released today. She is ok and will be among her family and friends soon.
Yesterday, Jill’s sister gathered some of Jill’s friends and all had a Happy Hour grouping for Jill. To show support for her family and [...]

Thank God, Jill Caroll has been released!!!!

Dear Readers,
I am a 23-year-old Iraqi who left Iraq six months after the war. I was born in Baghdad, raised and lived there surrounded by family, friends and the most beloved people I have ever met, the Iraqis, my fellow citizens. Living two years in Jordan and seven months in UAE, I feel guilty having [...]

Crossposted from Global Voices Online.
This week is a week of rememberance. It is the third anniversary of the start of the Iraq war and the Iraq bloggers are commenting on the hopes at the start and their feelings for the future. It is also the 18th anniversary of the Halabja massacre. And the burning by [...]

On March 8, armed men wearing police commando uniforms seized about 50 guards and employees of an Iraqi private security company.
Eyewitnesses and police in the area report seeing up to 50 staff being taken away from the firm’s compound interior ministry pick-up trucks.

The people of Europe may have more in common with the Iraqis than they would wish. A recent report by scientists Dr. Chris Busby and Saoirse Morgan for Green Audit showed strong evidence that fine ‘aerosol’ particles of the radio active uranium used in depleted uranium weapons in the Iraq war may have travelled as [...]

Cross posted from Global Voices Online
Today’s report is dedicated to the women of Iraq. Women have suffered greatly in the new Iraq and on top of everything have to cope with the prejudice of some western journalists too. Again a mixed selection of blogs but you must read to the end for more cute animals!
First, [...]

Just a quick hello. I am Salam Adil from Asterism and I will be posting from time to time on Olivebranch Network. Why? I blog because I want the world to understand Iraq and Iraqi’s better. And maybe just maybe contribute a little to undo the mess that was created when Iraq was invaded and [...]

This petition calls for the release female Iraqi detainees, The Olivebranch Network seconds this call with an addition- those female’s who are not released immediately should have their charges//accusations made public, including any evidence to suggest they are too much of a threat to allow back into the public. Go sign the petition now, I have.

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?freejill
http://www.petitiononline.com/cgi-bin/petition_html.cgi?IraqDet