thunder run n.— «Another pastime is provided by the base’s 14 bars, including at least one operated by each national contingent. “When you hit them all in one night, they call it the Thunder Run,” said Sutton, a truck driver who delivers supplies...
thunder run n.— «The plan for the convoy had gone through a number of permutations. At first it was seen by planners as a show of strength, with preparations worthy of a major invasion, including tank support and air cover—a “thunder run,” as they...
thunder run n.— «One of the enduring images of the recent war in Iraq is a column of M-1A1 Abrams tanks barreling down the streets of Baghdad on a “thunder run,” deep into the city. » —“Tanks for the Memory” by Ralph Kinney Bennett Tech Central...
OGA n.— «The Taguba report described how “ghost detainees” were brought to the military police (MP) unit running several jails in Iraq by OGAs (military jargon for other government agencies, often a reference to the CIA).» —“Jailed Iraqis hidden...
ghost detainee n.— «US military policemen moved unregistered Iraqi prisoners, known as “ghost detainees”, around an army-run jail at Abu Ghraib, in order to hide them from the Red Cross, according to a confidential military report.» —“Jailed Iraqis...
Hard Site n.— «Its members said they heard rumors about the area that came to be called “the Hard Site,” including verbal previews of the now famous pictures of naked inmates piled in sexually suggestive poses, stories about a mattress surrounded...