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This very inter­est­ing arti­cle in Glob­al Media Jour­nal [7 (13), 2008] by an Aus­tralian schol­ar points out that what­ev­er the motives, or the out­come of the inva­sion of Iraq, it result­ed in the sud­den emer­gence of an active and free press in that coun­try. Tak­ing us on a tour of its vital­i­ty and evi­dent pop­u­lar­i­ty, he points out that this devel­op­ment will pro­found­ly affect the future of the Mid­dle East. And he is keen on its poten­tial for over­turn­ing the clichés and car­toon-analy­sis that out­siders have long imposed on the com­plex­i­ties of that region. Rich in facts and detail.