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...Also attacked were the offices of the Federal Investigation Agency (Pakistan's equivalent of the FBI), where 21 people had been killed in a March 2008 truck bombing. Four government employees and a bystander were killed there on Thursday in a 90-minute siege that ended with the death of two attackers. (See pictures of the front-line battle against the Taliban...
...many more times the cost of fuel at your local gas station, given the cost of transporting [it]. It may end up costing $100 or more per gallon. When you think about the fact that every day in Iraq something like 1.5 million gallons of fuel are delivered by truck convoy to U.S. forces, it's a staggering investment of human and financial resources. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...using a fraction of the energy that the uninsulated tents were using. That cuts down on the amount of fuel that they need to deliver to power the diesel generators that were powering the air-conditioners in these barrack units. That, then, cuts down on the number of truck convoys that have to be schlepping fuel across these very dangerous back roads of Iraq. More efficient energy use translates into human lives saved. (Read about the greening of the Pentagon...
...Governs erratically, keeping businessmen and officials waiting days for appointments and ordering mining firms to shut down only to permit them to reopen days later. Said the only reason he did not attend the bloody Sept. 28 rally was that he could not find the keys to his pickup truck. (Read "Can a Team of (Bitter) Rivals Heal Zimbabwe...
...after all, they risk their lives for money, not country. Yet the drivers and guards who ride shotgun on the long convoys snaking over the mountains also suffer heavy casualties. Many have died heroically. Figures released to TIME by NATO showed that from June to September, more than 145 truck drivers and guards were killed in attacks on convoys and 123 vehicles were destroyed. (See up-close pictures of the war in Afghanistan...