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 Posted: 16-Jul-2003 17:38 Post subject: Danes Damned to the Garden of Eden |
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This sounds like something out of PARANOIA
LOGISTICS: Danes Damned to the Garden of Eden
July 15, 2003: The 380 Danish troops stationed in Qurna, Iraq (75 kilometers from Basra) recently received a shipment of supplies that included a snowplow, snow shovels, road salt and lawnmowers. Think about that - a snowplow in the desert.
Considering what the Danes have suffered through to date, it's a wonder they haven't gone on a rampage: too few armored vehicles (and those they had, lacked appropriate air conditioning) and some of the vehicles they did get were in such poor condition that they were supposed to be scrapped. They are also lacking more mundane supplies, like tent stakes, morphine and protective vests that fit.
On June 12th, British forces handed over control of Qurna to the Danes. The town is on that fertile piece of land where the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers meet, rumored to be the site of the biblical garden of Eden. - Adam Geibel
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Jade_Dragon
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| Posted: 16-Jul-2003 17:42 Post subject: RE: Danes Damned to the Garden of Eden |
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I guess the Danes were planning on removing sand like snow after a sandstorm. Of course that brings up the question, "Why the lawnmowers then?"
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| Posted: 17-Jul-2003 08:22 Post subject: RE: Danes Damned to the Garden of Eden |
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Those things are probably standard issue for a Danish military facility. They do get snow in the winter, sometimes. And grass always needs a moving. Some zealous warehouse foreman just sent them everything as normal, no matter the forwarding address. While the guys in charge of vehicles aren't about to let new wheels slip by without a requisition form in triplicate, backed by orders from the high command. Typical military stuff.
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