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Winning-and Losing-the First Wired War

U.S. forces in Iraq are waging a pivotal campaign in modern warfare-combat on the first â€networkedâ€ battlefield. One problem: the enemy has a few networks of its own

By Noah Shachtman, with reporting in Iraq by David Axe Posted 06.01.2006 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

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The mission changes for Charlie Company seconds after the soldiers roll off the base. The dreary night patrol around Balad, a shambling Shi´ite town in north-central Iraq, has just been canceled. It´s time instead to hightail it west, to the Sunni neighborhood of Ad Duluiyah. â€Alpha Company is taking direct fire,â€ a voice crackles over the radio in First Lt. Brian Feldmayer´s Humvee. â€I need you to expedite."

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