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Winning (and Losing) the First Wired War

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the distributed-tactics dept.

Noah Shachtman writes "The Iraq war was launched on a theory: That, with the right networking gear, American armed forces could control a country with a fraction of the troops ordinarily needed. But that equipment never made it down to the front lines, David Axe (just back from his 6th trip to Iraq) and I note in this month's Popular Science. That's a problem, because the insurgents are using throwaway cellphones and anonymous e-mail accounts to stitch together a network of their own."

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  1. Amerika is building 14 permanent bases in Iraq. by kop · · Score: 4, Informative

    Amerika is building 14 permanent bases in Iraq.
    http://www.google.com/search?q=14+permanent+bases+ in+Iraq/

    Your leadership is keen to hold press conferences on it, but you are there to stay.
    It is the only choice they have because there simply is no base for a US friendly regime in Iraq.
    To keep control over their oil you will need military presence