My bet is the soldiers already have a colorful nickname for this road...something like Suicide Highway or Ambush Alley.
Black humor such as this is one way soldiers deal with stresses.
Two U.S. soldiers were wounded and an Iraqi civilian killed Sunday morning when a military convoy was attacked on a highway in Baghdad, U.S. military officials said.
The Americans were assigned to the U.S. Army's 18th Military Police Brigade, the official said. The extent of their wounds is unknown.
The convoy was hit by an unidentified explosive device as it traveled along Highway 8, a main road between Baghdad and the airport, the official said.
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