The Hidden Iraq

Just watched yet another documentary on Iraq. The most astounding fact revealed by it was that there have been 93 journalists killed during the conflict. To give perspective, about (sources vary) 70 journalists died during Vietnam (1955-75). The refreshing bit is that the internet seems to be having an impact on this. The documentary finishes by talking about bloggers from Iraq whom by virtue of fitting in are not targeted like western journalists and manage to get first-hand accounts out via the internet. This makes me wonder about the status of internet availability, though. And even if it is available, I wonder if there is government/US control of it and how much. Furthermore, it seems that it is a matter of time until whomever is targeting western journalists starts targeting the bloggers.

A Failed Coup...

Just stumbled upon this and watched instead of doing my quantum homework. It is about events that took place in Venezuela 2002. I'm largely ignorant about all the subtleties of the matter, but I can still say that the documentary is rather insightful in that the makers seem to be very close to Chavez himself during everything. This same feature makes it a bit biased perhaps. One way or another, worth the watch.