Beth Gillin schreibt beim Philly Inquirer(Philadelphia Inquirer):

Salam Pax -- known as the mysterious Blogger of Baghdad -- went missing last week as bombs rained down on the city, the Philadelphia Innquirer reports. For months, the blogger reported daily details of life in Baghdad as Iraq drew closer to war. The Friday after the war began, Pax filed a worried blog on his site "Where is Raed?" as he awaited the "shock and awe" assaults. Then for three days he went silent.

While readers around the world questioned if he had been killed during the bombings, others questioned Pax’s authenticity. "Other than what he tells us, we have no way of knowing if he's actually posting live from Baghdad or is running some elaborate hoax from the middle of Kansas," Web designer Jason Kottke blogged. Speculation as to his true identity -- spy, civilian or lackey of Hussein -- has abounded. Paul Boutin, a technology writer for Slate and Wired, investigated Pax's blog and concluded the man is "probably" real. But with a word of caution he said, "In the end, it's still a matter of faith."

On March 24, Pax returned to his bloggings and informed readers that site traffic had caused servers to blow out on two continents, making his blogs unavailable. The blog, which began in December 2001 with a mere 140 hits for the month, has reportedly received nearly 100,000 hits so far for this month.

Salam Pax's "Where is Raed?": http://www.dearraed.blogspot.com/
CBS News: Defining Shock & Awe (January 27, 2003): http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/01/24/eveningnews/main537928.shtml
Bio Of Jason Kottke: http://kottke.org/about/jasonkottke.html
Boutin's comments on Pax and his Bio: http://paulboutin.weblogger.com/
Slate Homepage: http://slate.msn.com/
Wired homepage: http://www.wired.com/wired/current.html
Philly Inquirer's Homepage: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/