'The BBC has just signed Salem Pax's death warrant'

Over at the Command Post weblog, one contributor alleges that in the last few hours the BBC World Service has broadcast a number of personal details about Salem Pax, the Baghdad based author of the now-famous Where is Raed? weblog. There have been fears among some people for a few days now that enough details about Salem's real identity have been up around on web, even if not published on his weblog, to enable his identification. Now it's being alleged the BBC has gathered this information together and broadcast it. Salem hasn't posted since Monday although - of course - this could also be down to the intensive bombing of the city, which continues. The story also assumes the Salem we "know" really has ever existed. We still don't know for sure if he's for real - although if this is a hoax, it's been quite brilliantly done.