Baghdad Burning
March 29th, 2006Leo en Barrapunto, que un libro que recopila entradas de un blog va a ser finalista de un premio literario de la BBC.
¿Qué blog puede ser?
Pues Baghdad Burning, “Girl Blog from Iraq… let’s talk war, politics and occupation“. Es decir, un blog escrito por alguien anónimo desde Irak, que además es mujer(24 añitos) e iraquí de nacimiento.
La chica cuenta como se ven las cosas desde dentro; desde la perspectiva de alguien que intenta hacer vida normal: ver la TV, llevar a los niños al colegio,… en un país en guerra.
Yo estuve ayer leyendo un par de posts y es altamente recomendable, para quien tenga un poco de curiosidad sobre Irak y Oriente Medio claro.
Estaaba buscando si había alguna referencia a las tropas españolas, a raíz del 11 M, pero, como es de esperar, no había ninguna, solo he encontrado una referencia el 4 de Abril de 2004, y parece que no le caían muy bien las tropas españolas:
Sunday, April 04, 2004
Riots, Star Gazing and Cricket Choirs…
There have been demonstrations by Al-Sadr’s followers in Baghdad and Najaf. In Baghdad they are gathered near the Green Zone and the Sheraton hotel by the thousands- a huge angry mob, mostly in black. In Najaf,, they were just outside of the Spanish troops’ camp. The demonstration in Najaf was shot at by the soldiers and they say that at least 14 are dead and dozens are wounded… An Iraqi friend in Diwaniya was telling me that they had to evacuate the CPA building in Najaf because it was under attack. He says there’s talk of Jihad amongst the Shi’a.
Let me make it very clear right now that I am *not* a supporter of Al-Sadr. I do not like clerics who want to turn Iraq into the next Iran or Saudi Arabia or Kuwait… but it makes me really, really angry to see these demonstrations greeted with bullets and tanks by the troops. Why allow demonstrations if you’re going to shoot at the people? The demonstrators were unarmed but angry- Al-Sadr’s newspaper was shut down recently by Bremer and Co. and his deputy is said to have been detained by the Spaniards down south (although the Spanish troops are denying it). His followers are outraged, and believe me- he has a healthy number of followers. His father was practically revered by some of the Shi’a and he apparently has inherited their respect.
Extraido de Baghdad Burning, el blog de Riverbend
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April 18th, 2006 at 23:24
Bagdad burning, con el título “Arde Bagdad”, se publicará muy pronto en castellano gracias a la editorial Laertes, una editorial pequeña, resistente e independiente, que tuvo el valor de publicar mis dos primeros libros por lo que les estaré eternamente agradecida.
April 19th, 2006 at 0:17
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