by Robert Wollenberg » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:20 am
We've got some Jersey Barriers, but nothing like what you have. We've got some of those other barriers too, the cloth lined cages filled with dirt. But around the housing area I live in, we've got a shitty brick wall about 10ft. high or so with some sheet metal on top of that held up with some sticks. There's nothing secure about where I live. Nothing. It's creapy man, I'm telling you. I'd way rather be back at Balad then here.
in this pick you can see part of the road I have to walk down to get to where I live. Up on the right, where the guards are standing around is where I get into the compound where I sleep. The barriers you see at the corner are only around the entrance. The rest of the perimeter you could probably fall through if you leaned against it. So, as you can see, I don't get a sidewalk to walk down. You just have to hope you make it from one gate to the next without being hit by a car or blown up by one.
I'm not too worried about posting any of this on the web since hundreds if not thousands of Afghans walk/drive through here every day. So it's not like this isn't already public knowledge to anybody how might wish to use it agianst U.S. forces. Although I almost got jacked up taking the pictures. lol. Luckily I'm Public Affairs so as soon as I said that, everyone backed of. :)
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We've got some Jersey Barriers, but nothing like what you have. We've got some of those other barriers too, the cloth lined cages filled with dirt. But around the housing area I live in, we've got a shitty brick wall about 10ft. high or so with some sheet metal on top of that held up with some sticks. There's nothing secure about where I live. Nothing. It's creapy man, I'm telling you. I'd way rather be back at Balad then here.
in this pick you can see part of the road I have to walk down to get to where I live. Up on the right, where the guards are standing around is where I get into the compound where I sleep. The barriers you see at the corner are only around the entrance. The rest of the perimeter you could probably fall through if you leaned against it. So, as you can see, I don't get a sidewalk to walk down. You just have to hope you make it from one gate to the next without being hit by a car or blown up by one.
I'm not too worried about posting any of this on the web since hundreds if not thousands of Afghans walk/drive through here every day. So it's not like this isn't already public knowledge to anybody how might wish to use it agianst U.S. forces. Although I almost got jacked up taking the pictures. lol. Luckily I'm Public Affairs so as soon as I said that, everyone backed of. :)