Rhino Runner

The Rhino Runner is a type of armored bus used extensively in Iraq, especially on the infamous Route Irish between Baghdad International Airport and The Green Zone.

It is a customized vehicle created by Labock Technologies, which was purchased in 2008 by another company called Advanced Blast Protection.

The Rhino Runner is mostly used for transportation of civilians and the press between the Baghdad International Airport and the Green Zone.

VIPs have been known to use the Rhinos, including U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Richard Myers.

An unpublicized usage of the buses is to transport VIP prisoners, such as the now-deceased Saddam Hussein, between their confinements and the tribunal.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in a Rhino Runner