Camp Zulu, Iraq part 5

The red thing by the trees on the left is part of a gas station and those are cars waiting in line. This road is the main road to Zulu from to the right, Baghdad, to the left Hillah. The thing that is parked is called a BTR, Russian APC (armor personnel carrier)
This is not my favorite thing to ride in.

It is like riding in a submarine on land with very little movement inside. The steel fence on the side with sand bags behind them is supposed to stop a RPG from tearing up the BTR. As long as the bad guys shoot just one not a bunch of them which sometimes they do and when that happens no more BTR and the people inside. Getting into Camp Zulu you have to ride in one of these things for about 5 to 6 hours if you cannot get a ride on a chopper. Camp Zulu is at the top of the list of dangerous places in Iraq to get to. A lot of people have been killed and wounded leaving and trying to get into Camp Zulu.