Life in Iraq
A bomb has killed more than 40. Attacks and violence dominate the news out of Iraq. But what is life really like there? Does the news tell the full story? What questions do you have?
That's what we'll try to find out today by speaking to ordinary Iraqis, journalists and soldiers who have fought there.
If you could ask Iraqis questions, what would they be? You've been leaving some of your .
Douglas Roman in Philadelphia, United States had these questions:
1) Were you better off under Sadam? 2) Do you think the future will be better or worse? 3) Do you support the Insurgents? Are they supported by the Iraq people or enemies of Iraq. 4) Do you desire democracy or do you think it was forced upon you
We've got as many callers in Iraq as possible. The phone lines are horrible, and we can't guarantee that we'll get through to all of the callers. But we've booked enough callers that we'll get as many as possible.
This is a chance to talk to Iraqis. What do you want to know?
And what do you think of the news coverage of Iraq? We'll have ´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondent Jon Leyne on to talk about the challenges of covering Iraq. He'll be in the studio to take your questions.
It's difficult covering Iraq. The security situation makes it difficult for journalists to do their job. We're also going to have blogger on talking about bloggers in Iraq.
Salam just took part in a / event looking at media coverage in Iraq.
After the event he had this to say:
Here is the point - if we had a full debate in the media on Iraq would this tragedy have been allowed to happen in such a disastrous way? Would there be some understanding for when and how troops are to leave Iraq? Would the Pentagon have felt safe to throw away the State Department's Future of Iraq plan and go for its scorched-earth-year-zero plan?
What do you think?
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