Baghdad Burning

Since the beginning of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, an anonymous blogger from Iraq has written Baghdad Burning, a candid and uncensored commentary on everyday life in "liberated" Baghdad. Her posts have given countless readers around the world a rare look at the hardships of life for ordinary Iraqis in this hopelessly failed state.

Now she has joined the estimated two million Iraqis who have fled their country. In what might be her last post on the blog she writes,

"As we crossed the border and saw the last of the Iraqi flags, the tears began again. The car was silent except for the prattling of the driver who was telling us stories of escapades he had while crossing the border. I sneaked a look at my mother sitting beside me and her tears were flowing as well. There was simply nothing to say as we left Iraq. I wanted to sob, but I didn’t want to seem like a baby. I didn’t want the driver to think I was ungrateful for the chance to leave what had become a hellish place over the last four and a half years."

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