“Every day, tens of thousands of people turn to the Web seeking updates from a mysterious scribe whose detailed accounts of life in besieged Baghdad have made him a cyberspace celebrity. | Little is known for sure about Salam Pax, whose nom de plume means ‘peace’ in Arabic and Latin. But his Web journal
— ostensibly written from his Baghdad home— vividly criticizes the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein and the U.S.-British war on his nation.” —Mysterious Baghdad Web log keeper captivates cyberspaceUSA Today)
An editor sat on this story too long. Salaam Pax hasn’t posted in over a week.