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To: LindyBill who wrote (21687)	12/26/2003 10:23:58 PM
From: Rollcast...	Respond to of 793868

More from "Inside The Ring"... funny... I'm sure it would be considered a war crime at FADG. Tales from the pump Getting gasoline in Baghdad is a game of waiting and conniving. And once again, it's up to the American soldier to maintain order as thousands of Iraqis stand or sit in line at various pumps. A couple of anecdotes we received from the field. •At one station this week, hundreds of Iraqis lined up for fuel in one of the gas shortage's worst days. Everyone carried some kind of container. A soldier observed one guy cutting in line and motioned for him to go to the back. The man retreated, only to re-emerge at another point and jump in front again. The soldier intercepted him and he walked away. When it happened a third time, in this instance in front of elderly people, the soldier took away his 5-gallon can and drove his bayonet through it several times. The crowd loved it.

To: LindyBill who wrote (21687)	12/26/2003 11:00:38 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793868

I'll post the most recent version I have, which is still missing some editing changes but is pretty close... I get the print edition, but I can't get into the stuff on the site. We need a subscriber for that... maybe Faultline? They will be able to enthrall their Grandchildren with tales of participating in cavalry charges on Mongolian ponies. I didn't get the impression that there was a whole lot of that. They used horses to get around, but it would have been the local allies doing the charging. The Americans would have been calling n the air strikes and painting the targets with lasers. Doesn't make as good a stry, but 's the sensible way to do it.