Mock Iraqi Villages in Mojave Prepare Troops for Battle Ann Johansson for The New York Times
At the Mojave base, Iraqi expatriates pretend to be civilians in Iraq, as in this scene in a make-believe home. Most are terrified of having their identities publicized, lest family members be killed by insurgents back home. More Photos > by DEXTER FILKINS and JOHN F. BURNS Published: May 1, 2006 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. Out here, 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles, units of the 10th Mountain Division from Fort Drum, N.Y., are among the latest war-bound troops who have gone through three weeks of training that introduce them to the harsh episodes that characterize the American experience in Iraq. cont'd... http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/01/world/americas/01insurgency.html?_r=1&oref=slogin _______________________________________________ in-enaction mailing list http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/in-enaction + Architexturez collaborative at http://portal.architexturez.org/
