Audience Supported Blogger Returns to Iraq
Christopher Allbritton is back in Iraq. In NewYorkMetro.com:
He refers to himself as the crazy bastard trying to cover the war and notes that hes acquired a following of 35,000 readers who have sent him more than $20,000 to keep his blog, back-to-iraq.com, afloat.
Here’s the start of today’s post at his blog Back to Iraq:
Sorry for the lack of posts, folks. Ive been spending the last few days getting set up, finding drivers, translators, fixers, etc. And my ability to move around is frustratingly restricted. While my area is not wracked by violence and shooting, Baghdad is a big city, and its quite possible for a car bomb to go off at, say, the Interior Ministers home, and people in my neighborhood al Karraddah would not hear a thing. Which is exactly what has happened.
The city might not be as dangerous as it appears on television back in America, but then again, it might be. I cant tell yet, and Ive not been able to interact with many Iraqis yet. The few that I have have been sullen and not very friendly. Not like last year.
