A MYSTERIOUS Iraqi who calls himself Salam Pax, writing a Web log from the heart of Baghdad, has developed a large Internet following with his wry accounts of daily life in a city under US bombardment. Salam Pax, a pseudonym crafted from the Arabic and Latin words for peace, came back on line yesterday after a two-day break because of interruptions in Internet access. The traffic on his website caused the server to go down and Salam's e-mail folder has filled with inquiries about his true identity. Salam, who writes in English, is the only resident of Iraq known to be filing accounts of the war directly to the web. He has spoken against the invasion but clearly has no great love for Iraq's Ba'athist leaders. Read more here; Is Pax for real? Go to Salam Pax's blog here.