Humvee gunners in Najaf face web of wires (and rebar)

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http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24103

Ask Humvee gunner Spc. Tim Collins of the 3rd Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment of the Arkansas National Guard about what worried him most about fighting in Najaf, and the answer is surprising.

It wasn’t enemy fire, but rather low-hanging electrical wires and steel rebar.

“Around here it’s pretty bad,” said the 27-year-old from Pocahontas, Ark. “It’ll either pull you out or decapitate you.”

He and his driver, Spc. Jimmy Ingram, 32, of Imboden, Ark., spent more than two weeks racing through Najaf's sometimes narrow and always debris-strewn streets, delivering personnel, supplies or providing supporting fire for Company C, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, all the while dodging low-hanging wires and rebar, the steel reinforcement bars used in construction.

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1. yikes!

:kick:

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2. John Brunner

was right again. So sad.

right down to the autoshout TV commercials.