Gone East

Salaam Pax, the Famous/Mysterious is-he-or-isn't-he-a-Baghdad-resident blogger (he IS!) now has a column in the Guardian.

...the people at the electricity works got paid by the new salary scheme suggested by the Bremer administration (the range is from 100,000 to 500,000 dinars, $100-$500: the people at the lower end got a raise and the people at the top got the cream taken off their pie) and as if by magic the electricity workers try a bit harder and the situation gets better.