The convoy,which included carrying 500 metric tons of food rations, was targeted by roadside bombs and mortar fire.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

It just means he was-- he could've been hired by somebody to sit at a roadside and collect taxes and tolls and stuff.

他可能只是。。。,他受雇于某人在路边,收税款及通行费等等。

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But the report says the number of attacks with high-powered roadside bombs provided by Iranian forces declined in recent months, and many leaders of Iraqi groups allied with Iran have been killed, captured or exiled, or have gone into hiding.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31