iraq
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How Mobile Phone Jammers Are Helping Us Win The Iraq War
Danger Room has an awesomely comprehensive look at all the mobile phone jammers the US military used during the Iraq War. Those jammers proved incredibly important in stripping insurgents of their most powerful weapon – the IED.
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Iraqis Flocked To Western Digital Habits During The War
Aside from infrastructural devastation and enormous loss of civilian life, the 2003 US invasion of Iraq has had some pretty fascinating effects on the way they live – particularly their absorption of American habits. Including the way we’re glued to our phones, says NYT reporter Mahmood Al-Bachary: