Iraq Diary

As well as book news, I also try to keep up with what is going on in the Library world from time to time. I found this most remarkable diary on the British Library website, of Saad Eskander, Director of the Iraq National Library and Archive. I know this is a bit of a departure from my usual posts, but the figures were so striking that I'm moved to put them on the blog.

The INLA has 464 staff. To date, 4 have been killed, 66 of their relatives have been killed, 2 have been kidnapped, 58 have received death threats - the list goes on.

How little we really know about what is going on in Iraq.