car drivers are now the enemy

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 29 13:52:17 PST 2003


is nothing sacred? imagine a representative of the nation of the car gods shooting at cars.

think he'd shoot at a corvette or a dodge viper? a beamer or a cadillac SUV?

R

----- Original Message -----

From: steve philion

To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com

Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 7:07 AM

Subject: car drivers are now the enemy

Central Iraq :: Gavin Hewitt :: 1430GMT

We are stalled on the highway at the moment but the biggest news today was

when the radios crackled into life reporting an explosion further up the

road at an American military checkpoint.

We were told a taxi stopped and when American soldiers approached it, it

exploded and there were casualties.

There has been a lot of talk amongst the soldiers as this signifies

something they didn't expect here - suicide bombers.

Already one commander has said to me: "If I see any civilian vehicle on this

highway, either it gets off the highway or we shoot it off the highway". It

does lend support to the feeling that these troops are a little bit

embattled and that it's not going quite the way they imagined.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/world/2003/reporters_log/default.stm

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