http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/07/iraq-a-defining-moment/

Again Saleem draws upon a variety of other people’s blogs and merely guides the discussion with some intermediary guidance, commentary and explanation.

This blog is dedicated to explicating the details of the current battles and power struggles which are occurring between the opposing military and political factions in Basra.

The first blog which Saleem extensively quotes, illuminates the personal qualities and respective positions of the two different warring parties. It also voices the expected outcome of the present dispute: “I believe there will be so much innocent's blood in the streets”.

A selection of blogs which critique the American/Western press follows. As does conjecture about the role of oil companies in Iraq, both in the past and in the present.

Again various links are provided, which give the full account/opinion from which the excerpts were taken. The material is highly particular and involved, difficult for a Westerner - who is only familiar with mainstream media – to really follow, as the material and the discussion assumes the reader is familiar with the subject area and persons involved.

Again the selected blogs are highly opinionated and do not desire to attain even a semblance of objectivity.
There is no mistaking that the persons writing are very much in the center of the action and have a familiarity and great interest in the events and persons discussed- probably because they live in the area of concern (Basra) and experience the consequences of the decisions and behaviors of the various political and military figures discussed.