Post Office Grits Teeth Over Sandy Souvenirs

CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA —  U.S. Postal Service may not stop for rain, snow or dark of night, but Sgt. Michael Bragg says American troops have come up with something that is sure slowing the mail down--letters filled with Saudi Arabian sand.

“They are sending it, and it’s messing up our machines,” Bragg said Friday. “The sand comes out of the letters in leaks, and it gets into our (postage stamp) canceling machines and they get bogged down by the sand.”