This blog is written by Dr. Saad Eskander, the director of Iraq’s National Library and Archives in Baghdad. Puts a perspective on things. Here is an excerpt from an article in yesterday’s NYTimes:
“In mid-January, he published a chart on the impact of sectarian violence on his staff for just the month of December. It included 4 assassinations of employees and 2 kidnappings, 66 murders of staff members’ relatives, 58 death threats and 51 displacements. “
