Iraqi Blogger We Know Is Jailed

Juan Cole reports this disturbing news today:

Iraqi Blogger Jailed
Iraqi blogger Khalid has been tossed into jail, apparently for being critical of the Iraqi government on the Web. The arrest was first reported by Riverbend.
Please consider writing in protest. The email address is consul@iraqiembassy.org.

Here at BooTrib, I wrote about Khalid’s brother Raed and his mother — also bloggers — on June 30 in “I am an Iraqi journalist.” BELOW:
An excerpt from BoomanTribune.com’s “I am an Iraqi journalist,” June 30, 2005:

“Alia Amer defends her calling as a service to the Iraqi people – and asks herself every day if the sacrifices they are being asked to make are worth it” in a compelling article for Open Democracy. Is she correct in her criticism of media coverage?

And: “Iraqi Blogger Criticizes Western Media For Excluding Iraqi Voice”: “In the States I met staff for the Senators, different staff. And I talk with them about Iraq and what is happening in Iraq these two years, and I discovered that they knew nothing about Iraq.”

– From an interview with Faiza Jarrar on Democracy Now!‘s June 29 show. Jarrar’s blog is afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com. Her son Raed’s blog is RaedInTheMiddle.

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