Ghetto Warfare

Plus it can be used as a blowtorch. That stuff is pretty flammable.

Woman collects Silly String to save lives in Iraq

KUSA - In this age of high-tech weapons systems, something very simple could save the lives of American troops in Iraq.

Marcelle Shriver of New Jersey, whose son is a soldier in Iraq, is collecting cans of "Silly String."

Shriver has 1,000 cans of neon-colored plastic goo packed into her one-car garage ready to be shipped to the Middle East.

Before entering a building, troops squirt the Silly String across the room.

It can shoot strands about 10 to 12 feet.

If it falls to the ground - there are no trip wires. However, If it hangs in the air it indicates there could be a booby trap. The wires are otherwise nearly invisible.

The cans will be shipped in January.