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Noah Shachtman
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Feb 26, 2009 5:08 AM

Five for Fighting 2/26/09

* Inside the battle of Beirut * New rules for NYC’s panopticon * Push to stop Afghanistan’s bombs… * …as coalition deaths climb * Growler 1, Raptor 0

* Inside the battle of Beirut

* New rules for NYC's panopticon

* Push to stop Afghanistan's bombs...

* ...as coalition deaths climb

* Growler 1, Raptor 0

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED. He's the former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast. ... Read More
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