Article: Suffolk, Va., war center duplicates battlefield.

Byline: Stephanie Heinatz

Apr. 11--SUFFOLK -- Palm trees and electrical lines edged the streets. Black smoke rose from a building in the background. In the foreground stood an old mosque, which according to the box that popped up when the computer's mouse hovered over it, was home to insurgent conflict in the past.

Glancing at the large, flat screen monitor, Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Jon Gallinetti smiled.

"I was in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, and I wish we had this capability then," said the commander of the Joint Warfighting Center in Suffolk.

From the burn marks on the side of buildings to the doors leading into them, the town -- near ...

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