Oct 31, 2007 6:43 AM

Five for Fighting 10/31/07

* GAO: Iraq attacks down, strategy bad? * Video: workout with the Iraqi Army * Navy vs. priates * New chief for bomb-fighting group * "Reaper aerial killbot harvests its first fleshies"

* GAO: Iraq attacks down, strategy bad?
* Video: workout with the Iraqi Army
* Navy vs. priates
* New chief for bomb-fighting group
* "Reaper aerial killbot harvests its first fleshies"

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED and a contributing writer for The New York Times’ opinion section. Shachtman previously served as editor in chief of Rolling Stone, where he led the storied outlet to a Polk Award and its first-ever Emmy nomination. Before that, he was the editor in ... Read More

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