I've kind of been obsessed with reading the blogs of Iraqis these past few months. Some good, some bad, some ugly. Just want to hear whatever inside scoop is out there from, well, the insiders. Weirdly enough, however, the one blog that I've followed most religiously is from a guy who, despite his love for country, actually chose to leave Iraq after we all invaded and stuff. I mean, liberated. Tomato, tomahto. So he really wasn't even in Iraq very much of the time. Apparently we shocked and awed him into Jordanian exile. Go figure. Anyway, for whatever reason, I kept up with his blog nevertheless. He started it up just in February of last year. He's dead now. He recently went back to Baghdad to help take his family out, too ... but was killed in the process. Bad timing that was. I still re-read his old posts. He haunts me somehow. I kind of wish he'd just leave me alone, it's rather disconcerting. February 18, 2007, Ahmed - "Hi everyone, This is my first ...