Every American teenage kid's fantasy is to drop a big 454 into an old Chevy Nova and terrorize the neighborhood. Here every Somali's fantasy is to drop an antiaircraft gun onto the back of a Toyota pickup truck and terrorize the country. Actually, a technical might be a great way to get through the morning commute. Technicals are essentially anything with wheels to which Somalis can bolt a belt-fed machine gun. Homemade technicals were invented in Lebanon in the '80s when warring groups wanted to hit and run (and make a lot of noise). Technicals became the ride of choice when the locals found out that the UN workers would hire them as security. Needless to say, it was harder to find a Toyota Land Cruiser with a roof after that. Thank goodness it only rains bullets here.
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