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To: unclewest who wrote (245688)4/13/2008 9:40:16 PM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793698
 
"Makeshift Bomb" responsible for most of those deaths; the others seem to be unrelated incidents.

I saw a picture of a big rig with an articulated rake designed to expose and dispose of IEDs. The caption said it worked pretty well and was not destroyed when one exploded.



To: unclewest who wrote (245688)4/14/2008 4:00:25 AM
From: KLP  Respond to of 793698
 
Re the Fallen: There are some interesting charts here:

washingtonpost.com

Too bad we don't have more drones overhead to constantly patrol the roads for IED's....


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