article_snippet.sent: Vast supply chains once kept 120,000 troops fed and watered.
article_snippet.sent: Trucks lined the roads and climbed up to the military bases.
article_snippet.sent: Now the military bases are gone, and the trucks that once supplied millions sit still.
article_snippet.sent: the military bases bosses may have fled abroad with the military bases winnings, yet the drivers have been left behind, stuck with vehicles that cost the drivers $30,000 to buy -- and $1,000 a year just to keep on the road -- but that would fetch just a tenth of that price now.
article_snippet.sent: The contracts were with big businessmen and commanders who were giving us very little and made The contracts very rich and are now living comfortably in Dubai," one truck driver tells us.