On The Ground In Iraq - Pre Election On the Ground From Iraq

I am priviledged to know this woman personally and do a little computer stuff once in a while. Adam, the guy that does her web site, now HE'S good!
Loran is local, and is NOT owned by anyone! She is her own person, has HER feet on the ground, writes exactly and only what SHE sees and smells and touches. She is real, she talks, can be touched, and has spend months, on the ground, sharing the life from before the invasion to now and will continue.
Here is an absolutely pristine source for world information.

"Ommar is an Iraqi American who left Iraq at the age of 20, not because of feeling threatened or disenfranchised by the Saddam regime, but to strike out on his own. A stellar student under the regime, he wanted to explore the world, to see whatever he could see and learn as much about the world as possible. He ended up in California but moved back to Baghdad in May 2003, bringing with him an American entrepreneurial attitude and a strong sense of Iraqi nationalism.

The result was the birth of the American Iraqi Chamber of commerce, which has a list of services, offered to members – both international and domestic – that is a virtual soup to nuts cornucopia of services. The fee of $250 for Iraqi nationals, and $500 for foreigners gets the 5000-plus members access to such services as ESL classes; free Internet training and usage; various trainings on how to run a business; information on how to create a website, make business cards and stationary; help with visa applications for those whose business needs might necessitate travel outside of Iraq, connections to others in their fields and/or to potential clients; and instruction on computer software programs such as Quickbooks, word processing or layout and design. There are services for the small father/son businesses as well as for major corporations."