Good News

With the passing of this Memorial Day Weekend and the constant re-hashing of the same negative reports of Iraq on how we are messing up everything, every so often I will point to blogs and people who are on the ground in Iraq. They report and tell about their daily life, all of which you wont find in major media 99% of the time. So today I will point you to....

Iraq the Model - It is written by 3 Iraqis...

-Mohammed: 34 years old dentist/single/graduated from Baghdad university in 1995. Left his job 6 years ago because he refused to serve in Saddam's army, and now back to work in Samawa City in the southwest part of Iraq. Interests: poetry, reading (history, religions, philosophy and politics).

-Ali: 33 years old doctor/single/graduated from Baghdad university in 1995. Left his job for 3 years for the same reason, then did the military service after losing hope, just to go on with his career. Now working in Baghdad as a senior resident and studying to become a pediatrician. Interests: chess, reading (history, parapsychology, politics and novels).

-Omar (I'm the one responsible for the publishing and internet work): 23 years old dentist/single/graduated from Baghdad university in 2002. Saved from the military service only by God and the coalition. Now working in baghdad. Interests: music, sports (martial arts), reading (novels) and now blogging. We were all born in Baghdad and still living here

I have linked to a hilarious post he did about a picture of Sadr in his place of work.

Remember in the media, "If it Bleeds it Leads." If we open 2000 schools, and 300 hospitals, then it gets ignored.