BBC News has set up a live video feed directly from "the streets of Baghdad." I'm watching it now and its still early morning there, so not much is going on. I can hear a faint conversation (between camera crewmen?) in the background, the occasional car goes by, and birds are chirping. I was struck by this: that even in Iraq, Most Evil Nation in the World, birds chirp in the early morning too.
I found a blog from Baghdad. It's pretty interesting, and I'm reasonably convinced that the guy is actually in Baghdad. The guy has all his pictures of Baghdad stored here -- and it's interesting to see just to see what it looks like in there. It's a real city with buildings and everything.
Posted by cce at March 21, 2003 11:08 AM | TrackBackDear Chris,
I returned from Baghdad just before the onset of the attack. The URL is to a story I wrote while there. It's posted on the website of The Cathedral of St John The Divine, a major social issues congregation here in New York City. When I went to google to check whether my publisher had posted it yet in the UK, I happened upon your blog. (Because you use the words "birds of baghdad") So I've been touring your website. And I was struck and impressed by the observation you made about birds chirping in the most 'evil nation' on earth...
Yes, there are birds in Baghdad - and it's a miracle that they're still singing.
Edgar Nkosi White
A.M.D.G.