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IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Glenn Zorpette |
Working in a War Zone Working in Iraq isn't for everybody. Nevertheless, over the past three years, a few thousand engineers of many nationalities have gone to work on the country's massive, $60 billion reconstruction. Here's a sample of what they encounter. |
Inc. November 2004 Nicole Gull |
Opening Up the Baghdad Office Entrepreneurs in Iraq: Some were called to serve, others came to build a fortune. |
Outside August 2006 |
Babylon by Bus, LeMoine & Neumann An excerpt from a soon to be published autobiographical book about two civilian's three-month adventure in Baghdad. |
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
A Single Day Changed Supply Strategy in Iraq A coordinated sabotage of supply roads in Iraq changed the way the U.S. Army's support command had to do business from that point on. |
Car and Driver October 2005 Jerry Garrett |
War Wagons Butt-ugly up-armored M1114 Humvees are a thing of beauty to U.S. troops in Iraq. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2006 Glenn Zorpette |
Re-engineering Iraq U.S. and Iraqi officials have spent billions on restoring Iraq's electrical system. So why is Baghdad getting just six hours of electricity a day? |
Wired November 27, 2007 Noah Shachtman |
How Technology Almost Lost the War: In Iraq, the Critical Networks Are Social -- Not Electronic A network-centric approach to war allows us to swiftly locate our target and destroy it, but it doesn't allow us to connect with local people to rebuild a city. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Susan Karlin |
Engineers at War Considering an engineering job in Iraq or Afghanistan? Here's what to expect. |
Fast Company January 2004 Fast Company |
"Now we live!" Ride along with a consultant who's sniffing out business opportunities in Iraq. |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Giegner & Krause-Jackson |
After U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, the State Dept. Steps In The State Dept. is hiring thousands of contractors to help it assume duties in Iraq once the last of the troops departs in a year. |
Wired June 2006 Vince Beiser |
Baghdad, USA Roadside bombs. Hostile insurgents. 1,200 extras in Arab dress. Welcome to Louisiana and the Army camp known as the Box, where the violence is fake but the fear is for real. |
Reason September 2006 Michael J. Totten |
The Kurds Go Their Own Way Can freedom flower in Iraqi Kurdistan? |
Outside July 2003 Peter Maass |
The Rough Guide to Iraq This spring, a quarter of a million Americans took a trip. It was noisy, hot, and violent. Accommodations were poor. Some of them didn't come back. |
Wired July 20, 2009 Steven Levy |
Booting Up Baghdad: Tech Execs Take a Tour in Iraq As the CEO of MeetUp, Scott Heiferman got an email from a State Department policy planner named Jared Cohen inviting him to join the first tech delegation to post-invasion Iraq. Using technology to spread democracy has become a cornerstone of what diplo-nerds are calling 21st-century statecraft. |
Reason March 2004 Steven Vincent |
Faith, Shame, and Insurgency After visiting Iraq, the author still supports the war -- even more so, in fact. But he is less optimistic now. |
BusinessWeek March 15, 2004 Stanley Reed |
Iraq: Why The Bombers Won't Win The Day The identities of those who organized the bombings that killed more than 200 people in Karbala and Baghdad on Mar. 2 may be obscure, but their motives are clear.
The bombers want to frighten the Shiites into dialing back their political aspirations, and they want to plunge Iraq into the chaos of a sectarian civil war. |
Salon.com January 18, 2001 Vivienne Walt |
Saddam won't die Ten years after the Gulf War, the Iraqi leader is stronger than ever... |
Popular Mechanics October 3, 2006 Leslie Sabbagh |
Flying Blind in Iraq: U.S. Helicopters Navigate Real Desert Storms Seething clouds of dust and sand make for tough landings and frequent crashes in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan. The American military's response? Point, click and simulate. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Stanley Reed |
The Kurds' New Cause Rivals are uniting behind economic growth in the northern Iraqi region. |
Salon.com August 2, 2002 Anthony York |
The Iraq non-hearings Defense retreads Cap Weinberger and Sandy Berger fail to bring any substance to Washington's aimless war debate. |