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Salam goes legit

Well sort of... Salam Pax now writes a biweekly (that's "fortnightly" if you are British) column for The Guardian called the Baghdad Blogger. Catchy, eh? To me, the article reads pretty much like his blog, maybe a little better edited. At least now the updates will be on a regular basis.

I heard a little bit about this on NPR (PRI's The World). They interviewed the editor from The Guardian who found and hired Salam. The editor said he was already getting inundated with offers from people for book deals, etc, to pass on to Salam. Soon Salam will be on the talk shows. Well there's at least one thing we've brought to Iraq: Hope of attaining the modern American Dream -- a quick rise to media fame, hopefully accompanied by some serious cash. Let's hope he gets a good agent to manage this for all its worth.