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Mock Iraqi Villages in Mojave Prepare Troops for Battle (NYTimes)

Mock Iraqi Villages in Mojave Prepare Troops for Battle
By DEXTER FILKINS and JOHN F. BURNS

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — Three years into the conflict in Iraq, the front line in the American drive to prepare troops for insurgent warfare runs through a cluster of mock Iraqi villages deep in the Mojave Desert, nearly 10,000 miles from the realities awaiting the soldiers outside Baghdad and Mosul and Falluja...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/world/americas/01insurgency.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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an article on/survey of new media came out in last week's issue of the economist (22-28 april):
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6794156

the audio interviews with the participants (5 total) are also worth giving a listen to:
http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6844533

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