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Salam Veritas

This article, linked from Salam's blog, is pretty funny. It's like something out of a movie... a real Keyser Soze epiphany: Salam Pax Is Real - How do I know Baghdad's famous blogger exists? He worked for me. Baghdad was hectic when two blogging friends e-mailed me to suggest that I track down "Salam Pax." I had no idea who or what they were talking about. I could have handed over the job of sorting out this Salam Pax thing to my interpreter--he was a clever and funny Iraqi who never failed to provide what I needed, whether it was interviews or pizza--but I let it pass. I thought I had better things to do. ...

The day after I returned to New York ... I clicked over to [Salam's] blog. His latest post mentioned an afternoon he spent at the Hamra Hotel pool, reading a borrowed copy of The New Yorker. I laughed out loud. He then mentioned an escapade in which he helped deliver 24 pizzas to American soldiers. I howled. Salam Pax, the most famous and most mysterious blogger in the world, was my interpreter.