The Move From Hell: Getting 9 Million Tons of Gear Back From Iraq

In the past four years, the Pentagon has sent 9 million tons of gear to Iraq. Getting it all back will take time.

Bringing the gear home will be a huge task

By Dan Ephron
Newsweek
April 23, 2007 issue - Most everyone agrees that a precipitous American withdrawal from Iraq would be disastrous. Fewer people realize it may be impossible. In the past four years, the U.S. military has shipped to the region more than 9 million tons of equipment—from tanks and bulldozers to toilets and silverware. If you were to load all that gear on tractor-trailers and line them up end to end, the convoy would extend from San Francisco to Miami. >>>cont

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