Mirages

Mirages focuses on a mock Iraqi village in the middle of the Mojave desert in California. The village is used not only to train soldiers for combat, but also as a device to guide their gaze. It familiarises them with the 'reality' of Iraq, as it is fictionalized by the Army and Hollywood. Soldiers are trained to differentiate the 'good people' from the terrorists and taught that every Iraqi is a potential enemy.