In August 2003 a young iraqi blogger began reporting her experiences as a civilian observer in baghdad. Calling herself Riverbend, she has offered searing eyewitness accounts of daily life in the war zone and has garnere...In August 2003 a young iraqi blogger began reporting her experiences as a civilian observer in baghdad. Calling herself Riverbend, she has offered searing eyewitness accounts of daily life in the war zone and has garnered a worldwide audience hungry for unfiltered news and fresh analysis." "Riverbend's blog, baghdad burning, collected here for the first time, responds to events both personal and political - from the impact on her family of The Invasion's aftermath to the abu ghraib prison abuses.