U.S. Troops Winning War Against IEDs Of Taliban -- Washington Times
Dogs and devices sniff out top killer.
The U.S. military is on a path toward significantly fewer battlefield deaths in Afghanistan this year because it has become better at detecting the No. 1 killer of U.S. troops: the improvised explosive device (IED).
With the 2009 surge forces leaving the country and Afghan troops preparing to take over more of the fighting, U.S. forces are averaging about 23 fatalities each month. That number would bring the death toll to about 276 this year, compared with 317 in 2009, 499 in 2010 and 418 last year, according to statistics compiled by icasualties.org.
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My Comment: They may be winning the war against IEDs .... but they are having setbacks.
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No, No... Their not winning the war against IEDs, considering that last statistic is only up until March 2012, and considering the likely chance that US operations within Afghanistan have most likely climbed down to a significant level, it is more than likely that 'someone' is just using this to their advantage despite the fact that they've long lost this war, sadly...
What struck me about that graph are the number of attacks that are being conducted. Something tells me that it is an incomplete list.
As to the question .... are U.S. troops winning the war against IEDs .... they say that they are, but people who I know who are in Afghanistan are telling me otherwise.
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