completely surreal. with bonus comment by the author of this guide “from tourists for tourists”
Tag: iraq
Teaching soldiers archaeology
As a former marine, he was reasonably prepared to “embrace the suck” on this one, assuming that the military would be too busy to guard important sites, his first recommendation. But he did hold out hope for at least a little “cultural awareness training.”
The military has decided to grant his wish by passing out 40K decks of cards to educate troops about archaeology in Iraq. “This site has survived 17 centuries. Will it survive you?”
preserving our history as it were
Remote War
Log on, aim and fire, and if you’re good enough the round from the paintball gun will splatter him with faux blood.
brilliant.
Documenting the Iraq War
She gave video cameras to soldiers in Iraq and had them shoot the movie, called The War Tapes. The clips she played show soldiers driving through fields with bombs going off around them, and car bombing victims seconds after the explosions
behind the lines
debate abounds if this baghdad blogger is real. meanwhile, debka has up to the minute reports from a mostly military perspective.
oh yeah, the picture shows a satellite map of baghdad. explanations herehere.
Iraq War
As soon as the shit hits the fan I will know, because I’m on support call for NZZ this week. This time around, they got Akamai, so the bandwidth should be less of a problem. You bet they will call me at 3:00 😉
Gregor J. Rothfuss 