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2005-11-28 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Driving down the middle of the road. Okay. In a different report of this, the oncoming truck was said to be a tanker.

Playing chicken with a tanker truck is stupid. Period. Full stop. Perhaps the military should rethink the convoy habits a bit.

Posted by .com 2005-11-28 01:43|| 2005-11-28 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 According to Sgt Hank Harvey tanker trucks do not even slow down. Not for ANYTHING. They are prime targets. He related one of the scariest incidents he had on convoy duty. They came under small arms and rpg fire fo a short time and when they got to their destination the tanker truck had an unexploded rpg sticking in the side with gasolene spewing everywhere. He said he got down on his knees and thanked God the Terrorists weapons were mostly so old they wouldn't work properly. He said that changed after Iran started running weapons in.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-11-28 07:40|| 2005-11-28 07:40|| Front Page Top

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