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Washington Post Reporter Nelson Hernandez was traveling with a convoy delivering new water trucks to the water agency in Baghdad when they came under attack by insurgents.
For Water Truck 103, a Perilous Path to the End WITH CONVOY 77, Iraq -- A few miles west of Baghdad, a brand-new water truck backed gingerly off a flatbed truck and down a makeshift dirt ramp, completing its 7,000-mile journey from a factory in Texas to a government ministry in Iraq. The dusty white Klein K-250SS water truck with "103"... The......
