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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

EM-350 Urban Assault Vehicle

Only in Iraq, would you come across a armored Winnebago. I’m not kidding. Around here it is known as the Rhino. It reminds me of the EM-350 Urban Assault Vehicle in the movie Stripes. Sure, it might be the safest thing on wheel…but folks-- it is a Winnebago—I’ll ride in a HMMWV thank you.
You see a lot of strange things on the roads here—besides things that can or already have gone boom. There are a lot of civilian security contractors riding about. They ride around in big Ford pickups with gun turrets welded to the top or heavily armored Chevy Suburbans. From what I hear, the contractors used to roll around in vehicles that look like something from Mad Max. Not any more, it looks like all of their trucks are professionally made.
The strangest thing I ever say was a local driving around in a mint condition 56 Chevy. He had to have been either very brave or very untouchable.

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