Sorry, Thury, didn't mean to appear defensive. I guess I don't understand your point. You said "Guess he answered the question [of whether he's real or not]." That was the point I'm trying to address; I don't see that there's been any definitive answer to that question.

I pointed out that your reasoning was flawed; just because many ordinary people in Iraq have difficulty receiving email (as the article claimed), and Salaam Pax has received email, doesn't mean Salaam Pax isn't an ordinary person in Iraq. It might _suggest_ that he's more likely to be a fake than we'd otherwise thought, but it doesn't _answer_ the question. Though the article says "the government ... blocks foreign email servers", I doubt that they can find and block all forms of email access.

Why do you say to check out the dates on the blog? I know he's posted recently about losing his Internet access for a few days at a time, but he got it back on the 24th. As far as I could see, he hasn't posted since then. I hope he's OK.