New laptop help

Well I'm going to Iraq soon and I'm looking to get a new laptop, mostly to keep in touch with family and friends. However I would like to play a few games such as Americas Army, Fear, Quake4 nothing really more demanding than that so I think a graphics card in the Nvidia 7series would be sufficient. I would like it to also have wireless and WiFi capabilities. With a big enough battery to last from 12-24 hours max. About 2gb ddr2 ram and 80gb hardrive should get the job done. So if anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I have no clue where to start when it comes to laptops.

Before hand thanks for all your help...

Laptops that have that much batter life and any gaming ability whatsoever are almost non-existent. Few laptops get battery life about 5-6 hours. Are you sure you need such a long life?

Fill out the FAQ questionaire more completely, I'm sure we can come up with something.

But if I were travelling and just wanted something to use to keep in touch I'd grab. . . hmm. . .. What would I grab? Something easy to repair. . . something durable. . . something along the lines of a Thinkpad X32 / X41. Yeah. Something like that.