I sometimes receive such an interesting links and information from people I do not even know, and from around the world. One such personl who wishes to remain anonymous sent me some interesting links about New York Times reporter Hassan Fattah. Apparently, he was "discovered" by none other than Thomas Friedman who wrote this about him in August 17, 2003 :"Hassan Fattah is a young Iraqi-American journalist who has returned to Baghdad to start a terrific newspaper called Iraq Today (www.iraq-today.com). Before the fall of Baghdad, though, he worked as a reporter in the West Bank. "I sympathize with the Palestinian cause," he said, "but after the fall of Baghdad, when I told Palestinians that I was an Iraqi, they would say to me, `You sold us out. You sold Iraq for nothing.' I was called a traitor. The average Palestinian wanted to see us fight — to resist — America, and the American `occupation,' because that is what they understood." Of course, Iraqis want to run their own government as soon as possible, said Mr. Fattah — but not in order to join the old Arab nationalist parade, but rather to focus on themselves." Here is a a link to the newspaper that he edited in Iraq. Chris tells me that it was not pro-occupation. I will have to see it to judge. I could not get copies from the site.