The NSA's Been Spying on Every Single Call, Text, and Email in Iraq

The NSA's Been Spying on Every Single Call, Text, and Email in Iraq

A couple weeks ago, we learned from leaked documents that the NSA has the capability to record an entire country’s calls, texts, and email in real time. That’s a hell of a capability, and those documents revealed that it was being used in one country. Now, thanks to a retired NSA leader, we know which country that is: Iraq.

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$1 Billion Iraqi Parliament Will Rise Over Saddam’s Half-Built Mosque

$1 Billion Iraqi Parliament Will Rise Over Saddam's Half-Built Mosque

The Architect’s Journal reports that Zaha Hadid will be the architect of Iraq’s future parliament building, confirming rumors that have swirled for months. The supremely expensive building is the London-based architect’s third planned project in the country where she was born.

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A Company That Creates Fake Battles to Prepare Soldiers For Real War

A Company That Creates Fake Battles to Prepare Soldiers For Real War

Some might say that nothing can truly prepare one for the atrocities of war. From the chaos of screaming civilians and injured soldiers to the horror of exploding everything, the experience must be nothing short of horrific. And it’s this Hollywood production company’s job to reproduce it.

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