Cheech and Chong?

When we got to the office today we found this in the parking lot - just like this with the side door and windows open.It looked like someone camped out in the parking lot over night. We thought maybe Cheech and Chong came over for a visit.They have a high end stereo system, complete with speakers on the roof. That's a bag of grain in front of the bench seat. When I was telling someone about what was in the van, I said there was a big bag of wheat. This guy is somewhat hard of hearing anyway and he thought I said a big bad of weed, that's where we got started on the Cheech and Chong theme.

The van comes complete with the rearview mirror tassle, instead of dice, and the dashboard cloth.

We found out later in the day how the van came to be parked in front of our office. These vans are somewhat common, I guess, they are called Madrassa vans. The Madrassas used to be a good thing, they were education centers, but many have become teaching centers for the extremists. These vans are used to drive around to the mosques, using the loud speakers on the roof to broadcast their message to the public. Last night they made the mistake of broadcasting their message at the mosque right outside the main gate to the base. The Khost Provincial Forces, KPF, decided to check it out and stopped the vehicle. They detained the individuals in the vehicle and brought them to the detention center on base, which is our next door neighbor. You can't always pick your neighbors. We haven't figured out why they brought the van too.