Inside Baghdad

Here is a very interesting post on a blog from the New York Times Baghdad bureau. It is by an Iraqi citizen who stayed there the last five years, and the differences between him and other Iraqis who fled the country to Syria and Dubai but have now returned.

Note: Islamists are those who have a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, versus moderates or even secularists. For comparison, think of your average Christian believer versus Rev. Jerry Falwell.