READING AROUND IRAQI BLOGS: “usually my nightmares have either Italian girls dumping me, or American soldiers stopping me on check points.” Raed of course. Plus, lots of stuff exploding outside the windows, in the night. And black market gasoline.

Healing Iraq: “It’s good to be back to normal again. By normal I mean total chaos, endless lines for gasoline, long electricity outages, and sounds of unknown explosions and gunfire. Yes you guessed it right, I’m back in Baghdad again. Though to be fair things have relatively improved since the last time. Electricity has been better since Christmas (only 12 hours of outage!) and queue lines at petrol stations are a mile or two shorter. And no I’m not being sarcastic at all. Thats the way it is.

“I got back yesterday evening. My parents were really happy and I was surprised to hear that our neighbourhood was surrounded and raided by about a thousand American troops just two days ago. Thank Goodness our house wasn’t raided.” And much more.

Iraq at a Glance: Gas on not-black market. Also, notes from Basra (scroll around).

Iraq the Model: “…children who fear the moon.” Haunting poem. Also women in Iraq, Uday’s Iron Maiden, and electricity. Also a letter from Samoa, Iraq, where the Dutch are at.

Mesopotamian: Crocodile tears from the Arab countries.

Nabil (of Iraqi sportsblog fame) is back, after his exams.

New blogs (new to me, anyway): A Family in Baghdad.

Secrets in Baghdad.

These are more of Salam Pax’s blogchildren. In fact, they are Raed’s family. The student has become the master….

Road of a Nation: Blogchild of Iraq the Model. Written by an architectural engineer.

Iraq and Iraqis. Expat. Quick and interesting posts.

The Iraq Blog Count. This rocks.

Iraqi Blog BBS. Via Mesopotamian.

Great to see the new “faces.” Our prayers are with you and your country.