The Guardian has a big write-up on Salam Pax, the Baghdad Blogger. This is one of my frequently-read blogs and if you haven't seen it, you should go and have a look. I was not surprised to read in the Guardian article that many westerners doubted either Salam's existence or his authenticity as an Iraqi because of his sophistication and familiarity with western pop culture, nor was I surprised to read that Salam himself was enraged at their cultural arrogance. The only thing that sort of surprised me was that his real name is Salam. (By the way, I see that I mis-spelt Salam's name in my link; sorry, I will fix that tonight.)