William Gibson makes an interesting point in the debate over the identity of the Baghdad blogger Salam Pax. Personally, I’m inclined towards the view that Pax is a real person and not an Intelligence Service product of some kind, and agree that for him to be a product of Iraqi Intelligence would seem particularly unlikely. I wonder if his five minutes of fame will continue after the war, assuming of course that he survives it. I notice the site hasn’t been updated since Monday, but I imagine that your average inhabitant of Baghdad has more important things on their mind right now than updating their blogs and checking their email.