Iraqi Bloggers Central: Three-Year Anniversary!

"Along with everyone else here, I had followed the leadup to the war in Iraq and then the invasion that began in March, 2003. Over the summer and into the fall of that year, I began to read, on a daily basis, the writing of a small group of bloggers from Iraq, the first two being architecture students, Salam Pax and Ghaith Abdul-Ahad. By May of 2004, when I began blogging here, there were about fifteen Iraqi bloggers.

As it turned out, those who were in favor of the removal of Saddam enabled comments pages while the Jarrars (Faiza, Raed, Khalid, and Majid) and Riverbend did not. One enterprising blogger decided to start a blog where people could meet to discuss the blog entries written by the Quintet. He called his blog “Cry Me a River,” a risible dig at Riverbend’s constant whining."
IBC

Congratulations, not only blogging for three years, but for a great blog.

For me though, it's a bittersweet, as we are again witnessing another attempt to silence the voices of our troops. "Bandwidth" has become a four letter word.