An attack on a fuel convoy earlier this month was suspected to be the work of rebels.

They agreed that it would have been far worse if the fuel convoy had been lost.

Americans guarded fuel convoys going through the wall up until June 30, 2009, when they withdrew from the city pursuant to the security agreement with Iraq.

A fuel convoy, driving forward to refuel the thirsty vehicles of the embattled division, went purple then winked out.

A fuel convoy had set out from Alamein on the evening of 5 November, but progress was slow as the tracks had become very cut up.

They pursue and hijack the fuel convoy.

In Brussels the radar signals downlinked from the ground-search radar aircraft plotted the fuel convoy's path.

To keep track of the location of fuel convoys as they drive forward, some fuel trucks will be outfitted with satellite tracking devices.

For a month, the impasse blocked all fuel convoys.

After nightfall, they opened fire on a civilian fuel convoy and ignited the load.