By Lucy Mohl
Another blogger shows up from Baghdad, this time a self-proclaimed "girl blog" called Baghdad Burning. Her first entry is a vivid account of April 9, when U.S. forces entered the city:
"April 9 was a day of harried neighbors banging on the door, faces so contorted with anxiety they were almost beyond recognition. 'Do we leave? Do we evacuate?! They sound so close...'
It was a day of shocked, horrified relatives, with dilated pupils and trembling lips, dragging duffel bags, spouses and terrified children needing shelter. All of us needing comfort that no one could give.
It was the day we sat at home, bags packed, fully dressed, listening for the tanks or the missile that would send us flying out of the house and into the streets. We sat calculating the risks of traveling from one end of Baghdad to the other or staying in our area and waiting for the inevitable..."
But what caught my eye, were some of the links she's running along with her posts: BBC News, New York Times, Al-Jazeera....and Dilbert and The Onion. It's enough to make you smile, which should be enough to break your heart.
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