Re: OT - help needed in Iraq

From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Feb 02 2006 - 13:38:45 PST


Since the advent of remailing services or the fact
that the Sept 11th terrorists were residing in the US
or that the anthrax attacks came from within the US
care to explain the logic that packages inside the US
good and outside the US bad?

Rick

--- Jack Lee <milveh@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I commend you for supporting the troops and our
> friend Cliff and I hope you
> continue. I've sent them packages too, included
> quite a few now in route
> to Cliff.
>
> Regarding this particular APO, Jim is incorrect,
> packages from outside the
> USA are simply not going to be elgible for delivery.
> Thats all I can say
> and I will let your imagination fill in the blanks,
> but most of you guys
> with prior U.S. service have already figured it out.
>
> Please, lets keep this off list and if you have any
> questions or concerns
> please feel free to contact me directly by email or
> better yet, feel free to
> call me at 530-345-0757 (thats in Chico,
> California).
>
> Thanks again for your interest.
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Webster" <james.webster@iomartdsl.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] OT - help needed in Iraq
>
>
> > Jack Lee wrote:
> >
> >> Packages from outside the USA will not be
> accepted, as the mail outside
> >> the U.S. is not subject to the same security
> controls.
> >
> > As someone who currently sends magazines, CDs etc
> to seven US soldiers or
> > marines currently serving in Iraq I know this is
> incorrect. Any stuff for
> > the US personnel in Iraq/Afghanistan posted from
> abroad goes to the states
> > then thru the APO system and is thoroughly checked
> somewhere along the
> > way.
> >
> > However as I discovered you cannot send food
> liquids etc - they just get
> > incinerated apparently. This caused some confusion
> until I realised it was
> > the food parcels weren't getting through. That
> cost me 13 parcels (two of
> > which were for Cliff) as nobody bothered to look
> at the return address and
> > drop me a line to tell me.
> >
> > --
> > TTFN
> > Jim
> >
> > 'Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae
> vicendarum!'
> >
> >
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