IED Baghdad from munitions (Photo from Wikimedia)Use of 'Sticky IEDs' Rising in Iraq -- Washington Post
Magnetized Devices Cling to Undersides of Vehicles
BAGHDAD, Oct. 8 -- Iraqi insurgents are increasingly using magnetically attached bombs known as "sticky IEDs" to assassinate mid- and low-level Iraqi officials, Iraqi and U.S. officials said.
Rigged with magnets so they will adhere to the undersides of automobiles and detonated by remote control or with timers, the bombs have been used in Iraq sporadically since 2004. This year, U.S. military officials said, they have investigated roughly 200 cases involving magnetic bombs, and Iraqi officials said they have noted an increase in assassination attempts in which attackers use guns equipped with silencers.
The magnetic bombs "are very dangerous and very difficult to discover," said Brig. Gen. Ali Abdul Ameer, a police commander in Baghdad. "It's stuck on in one place, and it blows up in another place."
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My Comment: It is now too dangerous to dig and plant IEDs in Iraq. This alternative is safer for the terrorist. Expect a focus now on the bomb makers, and the cells that support them.
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