Striking Spanish drivers damage commissary trucks

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Striking Spanish drivers damage commissary trucks
By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, June 11, 2007

Striking Spanish truck drivers damaged two trucks carrying groceries bound for the commissary at U.S. Naval Station Rota, Spain, on Tuesday, a day after trucking in the country nearly ground to a halt in protest of high fuel costs.

The strike, meant to pressure the government into delivering some measure of price relief, sent Spanish motorists across the country scrambling to gas stations to stock up on fuel and other essentials.

Lines for fuel Sunday at one of Rota’s two off-base gas stations stretched the length of two football fields, said Heather Vaca-Guzman, who works at the base’s animal kennel. But the story on base is far rosier.

"I got gas yesterday and there were no lines and no problems," she said.

The on-post gas station has plenty of gas, "plus we’re expecting a truck tomorrow," said Johnny Adams, a station employee. He said trucks bound for the naval station are being escorted by police. There have been reports of violence against truckers still on the road.


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