Now it is a garrison town swarming with government troops in crisp new uniforms, driving shiny trucks mounted with 50-millimeter guns.
A large truck, mounted with an antiaircraft gun, hurtled toward the column and was shot.
The school was crowded with four-wheel-drive vehicles and a truck mounted with an antiaircraft gun.
Dressed in civilian clothing so they can quickly disappear, the militants carrying automatic assault rifles and ride in on trucks mounted with cannon.
Lexie had seen them together in the green truck mounted with a giant bug on their way to Greenville for dinner during the holidays.
The police stepped up patrols of the cities with armored trucks mounted with water canon.
Parts of Santiago looked like they were under a state of siege, with the police patrolling in armored trucks mounted with water cannon.
Crowds formed there as well, and the sheriff ordered a truck mounted with a machine gun to be backed to the door.
"Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as 'technicals,' should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu's old port," he said.
Topmount Speedboards typically feature trucks mounted on the bottom of the board and no major bends in the wood.