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Excerpt from his postwar Internet diary or "blog"

Collected in Salam Pax: The Clandestine Diary of an Ordinary Iraqi, 2003

The 2003 Iraq War received more news coverage than any conflict in history. More than twenty-seven hundred journalists from news organizations and television networks around the world reported on the war. In addition to these traditional media outlets, the Internet emerged as an alternative source of news and information about the war. The World Wide Web allowed ordinary people from around the world to express their viewpoints and share their experiences during the war.

One of the most interesting accounts of the events in Iraq came from a mysterious figure who called himself Salam Pax (both first and last names mean "peace," in Arabic and Latin, respectively). Although Salam Pax kept his identity secret, he was eventually discovered to be a...