Re: OOTT: Our First Mutiny
From: YD (yd.techHAT_at_techie.com)
Date: 10/20/04
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:05:11 -0300
On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:22:52 GMT, Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote:
>Well, it was on the news tonight - a squad of troops refused to haul
>fuel, that they said was "contaminated" - a very handy excuse, since
>the trucks had previously been used to haul "jet fuel," and on this
>particular trip, they were loaded with "diesel fuel," but had not
>"purged" the "jet fuel" so the "diesel fuel" was "contaminated."
>
>That's kinda like saying your candle wax was contaminated with
>paraffin.
>
>Anyhow, there were like 18 Army reservists (!) who did a sit-down,
>of which five are _being held_ as "ringleaders."
>
>This could get interesting!
>
>Cheers!
>Rich
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/international/middleeast/16platoon.html?oref=login
It was jet fuel contaminated by diesel.
- YD.
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