Joanne speaks with Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley upon his return to the United States after he was arrested and detained in Beijing last week for videotaping acts of civil disobedience by Students for a Free Tibet during the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Joanne interviews Brian Conley of Alive in Baghdad (Brian Conley arrested this week and sentenced to 10 days detention in Beijing)

Story Links: The Shama’iya district in far east Baghdad is currently undergoing a major sewage disaster as polluted water fills the streets, and permeates the air. Field Report by Alive in Baghdad.

Story: Alive in Baghdad on the state of gold in Iraq

story links: rb field correspondents alive in baghdad covers the celebration after the iraqis win the 2007 asia cup. (help support alive in baghdad)

story links: rb field correspondents alive in baghdad profile workers of the facilities protection service at the ibn al-nafees hospital in baghdad, iraq (help support alive in baghdad)

story link: alive in baghdad - a blog of content from iraqis extra: lost archive releases a) joanne’s first correspondent piece [archive] b) rb’s sherng-lee huang interviews robert mackey of the nytimes worldcup blog [archive] c) rb correspondent graham walker covers the world cup from berlin with we all speak football [archive]