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Insurgents Emplacing IED Blow Themselves Up

A group of insurgents emplacing a makeshift bomb in a dirt road in southern Afghanistan inadvertantly blow themselves up while U.S. Apaches from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade look on.

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Taliban IEDs as TTPs

From The Washington Times: The Taliban has been building simpler, cheaper anti-personnel bombs made of hard-to-detect nonmetal components, increasing the number of lethal attacks on NATO forces in...

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Battling IEDs in Afghanistan

The Marines are slogging through IED country in Southern Helmand. This year has already become the deadliest for Western troops of the 8-year-old war, with more than 400 killed, more than in the entire...

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Defeating IEDs in Afghanistan

This informative 60 Minutes video documentary on IEDs in Afghanistan is worthwhile viewing. Watch CBS News Videos Online But except for the increased sophistication of IEDs in Iraq as opposed to...

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Return of the Marine Corps Red Cells

From Marine Corps Times: Commandant Gen. Jim Amos is bringing back “red cell” groups, which he used while commanding Marines in Iraq, to study enemy tactics. The groups formed of officers and staff...

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Men, Not Machines, Win Wars

As one who has argued for the involvement and importance of air power and conventional artillery, I don’t want to overplay this hand.  I say what I am about to say circumspectly.  I know the...

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EOD Operations: Clearing Route X

G4 television recently had a documentary on Army EOD platoon 342 clearing what they termed “Route X.”  A simple Google search on clearing route X will send the reader to various online discussion...

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