Anti-IED Silly String Finally Goes to Iraq

In a decade or so, the strange, sad, and slightly humorous saga of how 80,000 cans of silly string made their way to Iraq will be a poignant reminder of the U.S. military's sometimes Quixotic battle against improvised explosive devices. Just to recap, last year, a soldier's mother -- after hearing about how silly string could be used to detect wires leading to IEDs -- began a campaign to ship the stuff of children's parties to Iraq. It took some time, but she finally succeeded:

In a decade or so, the strange, sad, and slightly humorous saga of how 80,000 cans of silly string made their way to Iraq will be a poignant reminder of the U.S. military's sometimes Quixotic battle against improvised explosive devices. Just to recap, last year, a soldier's mother -- after hearing about how silly string could be used to detect wires leading to IEDs -- began a campaign to ship the stuff of children's parties to Iraq. It took some time, but she finally succeeded:
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It took this long?