Hoax or real. That about sums up most of what we'll be exposed to for the next while. The spin cycle is on high.

For what my ear is worth, he sounds real to me. He may not be telling us all he is or knows or does, but the voice rings true.

It would take a lot for his writing to not be real. All the established forms -- press releases, military reports, advertising copy, standard news reportage, etc. -- have their own stylized diction. This makes them relatively easy to copy. Mr. Salaam Pax is just talking as he pleases, which is much harder to fake.

I think it is pretty obvious that he is legit. I think the only question is if he is speaking on the behalf of a particular political viewpoint, organization, or government.
Those who oppose the current liberation of Iraq (Face it, it wasn't going to happen any other way.) don't see him pandering to the anti-America/anti-Bush/Anti-War crowd, although he is not exactly a supporter of military intervention (who would be in his shoes)so they have to "question" his legitimacy.

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Edited by author 03-20-2003 07:43 PM
Pure cheese, ___x. Mr. Pax lives in Baghdad. His political opinions (to the extent that we can even tell what they are) are about Iraq, Iraq's relations with the world, what's happening in Iraq, and the future well-being of his friends and relatives in Iraq. He doesn't exist to bolster one faction in the US, or provide an excuse to bash another.

What's with the '_' in the url? Is that legal? Obviously he's real.