Looking For IEDs To Blow Up

Army Spc. Zachary Wynn, top, of Marked Tree, AR, and Spc. Adam Auten, left, of Diagonal, IA, smile as their Task Force Thor IED clearance convoy reaches its destination at FOB Wilson without incident in Kandahar, Afghanistan. David Belluz/MCT

U.S. Vehicles Destroy Afghan Bombs By Rolling Over Them -- McClatchy News

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Spc. Joshua Joe drives a "Husky," a giant vehicle built to find and withstand the blast of a roadside bomb, putting him in the front line of the U.S.-led coalition's battle against the Taliban's most effective weapon in Afghanistan.

Seventeen U.S. troops fell to improvised explosive devices in a five-day period that began Aug. 27, and the weapons accounted for about 60 percent of the 485 International Security Assistance Force deaths this year through August, according to iCasualties.org, which tracks casualties in the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts. IED's also are a prime cause of casualties among Afghan civilians.

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My Comment: What a job .... looking for bombs to blow you up. You would think that an unmanned version of such a vehicle will be introduced by now.