So among the horrors of war, an American tech company has somehow managed to add a nightmare right out of Akira. Cute helper BEAR-bots, there to assist you when the place you’re in is SO insanely dangerous, your higher-ups decide to send a droid. I’d rather have Cheerbear pick me up and take me over the rainbow.
I just came across this BBC interactive map of the violence in Baghdad.
It is both disturbing and fascinating to see the progression of violence linked to specific locations in the city. The statistics are from Iraqi Body Count and you can read more about their methodology in their website.
View the interactive map here.