Wednesday, January 11, 2012

IEDs In Afghanistan Have Killed And Injured 8,000 US Troops Since The Invasion


Pakistani Fertilizer Kills American Troops in Afghanistan -- ABC News

For four years, American forces in Afghanistan have been throwing technology at the deadliest military challenge of this generation.

As the Taliban buried more and more improvised explosive devices (IEDS), which kill more U.S. troops than any other weapon, the military built multi-million dollar trucks that deflect the impact of an explosion. The Taliban built bigger, more effective bombs. The military built sophisticated equipment to jam cell phones that triggered the bombs. The Taliban started using detonation cords or pressure plates instead of wireless signals.

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My Comment: My heart goes out to the bomb disposal experts. I cannot even imagine how incredibly nerve racking and dangerous their job is.

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