BEIRUT -- To all donors and contributors: A while back I sought donations for a reporting trip to Iran, and raised about $2,000. I was in the process of getting visa applications together and making other plans when the new war here broke out. Now, I'm running into a cash crunch because there are no dollars to be had in Lebanon (you can only withdraw Lebanese pounds) and rates for drivers and translators have gone up to about $300 per day. I am getting reimbursed for some -- not all -- of these expenses from my freelancing, but at the moment I need to pay these guys working for me.
So the Iran trip is, obviously, off. In the next day or so I will move the funds for the Iran trip into my checking account so I can continue to cover this war. If anyone who donated does not wish their donation to be used for this purpose, please let me know either in the comments or via email and I will refund your donation. I will wait a couple of days for responses to this post, but after that, I will be transferring the funds so they'll be available to me here in Beirut. (ATMs still work.)
Also, if you want to donate to support the coverage of the Lebanese war, feel free! (Donation button to the right and at the bottom.) I'd be most grateful. I'll also be rebranding this site in the coming days. assuming I have time. Yes, Back-to-Iraq.com likely will be no more. My original idea, "Warchaser.com," is catchy, but doesn't capture the mood I want. I'm still thinking about it.
Above all, sorry for the change of plans, folks. Israel threw a curveball at us.
“Warchaser” sounds too much like an ambulance chaser, a derogatory term ascribed to someone who profits from others’ suffering. Which you are, objectively, but it’s not your intent. I see you’ve already registered it, anyway.
konflict,info? intheheartofdarkness.net? I guess I don’t have much better to offer. So much of the “good” domain namespace is already taken, mostly by squatters.
I vote for “Long War Journal” as the rebrand.
I agree-Warchaser sounds too much like an album title from some bad 70’s metal band. Any suggestions I can come up with sound too glib…Conflict Central comes to mind but people might think it’s a marriage counselling service. Anyway; it’s not what it’s called- it’s the outstanding content you deliver that I value. Thanks for that.
How about:
War! Huh! Good God, y’all. What is it good for? Absolutely nuthin’.
I’ll say it again. Good God, y’all.
How about middle-of-middle-east
How about:
Posts from Our (or The) Dark Side
Back2Iraq&beyond? Where ever you go, B2I was the beginning for most of us-
WARSOWN.COM
It’s a phoenetic play on warzone:
war’s own wars own war sown
War Zoned
Warrespondent
Muddle East
gg wars
wars own srsly d00d
No.
Make love not war