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• Drop the dead donkey

  
  Defence of the Realm — Authority: 490
  Taliban fighters are using donkeys as deadly four-legged bombs to attack British troops in Afghanistan, reports The Daily Telegraph . The paper adds that "the incident has alarmed military chiefs concerned that the Taliban are now using desperate methods to attack occupying forces." I sincerely hope that this is ...
  2 days ago

• Versatile IED Simulations Change As Quickly As Insurgent Tactics

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 458
  Keeping up With IED Tactics From Popular Science: Roadside bombings are, unfortunately, a part of daily life for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and almost every day the military captures surveillance footage of improvised explosive devices being set and detonated. Rather than letting the footage languish, a ...
  1 week ago

• IEDs Move East

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  In Afghanistan, IEDs (Improvised Explosive Device, a roadside, or suicide car bomb) now cause over 70 percent of NATO casualties. It has also been discovered that there was one big difference between the IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan; the explosives used. In Iraq, there were thousands of tons of munitions and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Defeating IEDs in Afghanistan

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 536
  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 Afghanistan (or said another way, the more basic and simple IEDs in Afghanistan), this documentary could have been made ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Truth Is Hard To Accept And In The Case Of Iran, Few Do.

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 427
      Some realities are so disturbing that we would rather not deal with them. This habit tends to be a political phenomenon that we often encounter and that we often pay a dear price for. For decades our federal government has refused to face the harsh realities of deficit spending. They just can’t find it in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Battling IEDs in Afghanistan

  
  The Captain's Journal — Authority: 536
  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 period from 2001-2005. By far the deadliest weapon employed by the insurgents are homemade bombs. The Marines, ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Lighter And More Armored ATVs For U.S Troops Arrive In Afghanistan

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 580
  The military heartland of the United Stated of America, the Pentagon has announced that, the U.S troops stationed in Afghanistan will now be more secure, thanks to the all new lighter and more armored all terrain vehicles, known as M-ATV, that have already arrived in Afghanistan. The all new ATVs have been dubbed as ...
  4 weeks ago

• Taliban doing what they do best...killing civilians

  
  Report on Arrakis — Authority: 572
  A vehicle with 8 civilians including a woman was hit by an IED as they were traveling to a market. All 8 civilians were killed in the crash. BBC At last eight civilians have been killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The vehicle was travelling through the Khogyani ...
  5 weeks ago

• Makeshift Bombs Spread Beyond Afghanistan, Iraq

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 458
  A Marine ran to safety as a homemade bomb exploded in July in Helmand Province, Afghanistan; the blast killed two others. Manpreet Romana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — American military officers are expressing concern over the spreading use of makeshift bombs ...
  5 weeks ago

• Why are politicians exonerated? asks Sanatan Sanstha

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  Panaji, Oct 29 (IANS) Why do politicians go free when their cadres indulge in murder, asks the rightwing Hindu group Sanatan Sanstha, questioning what it says is victimisation of its members after two of its workers were killed while ferrying detonator rigged gelatine sticks.“Take this example which is fresh in ...
  5 weeks ago

• IED Deaths Make October Deadliest Month for U.S. Forces Since Beginning of War in Afghanistan

  
  Brave New Films blog — Authority: 126
  Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal . Learn how the war in Afghanistan undermines U.S. security: watch Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six) , & visit http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog . Yesterday, October officially became the deadliest month for U.S. ...
  5 weeks ago

• Roadside Bombs: The High Cost in Blood and Dollars

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 804
  Filed under: Afghanistan Journal , Afghanistan While Washington struggles to define just the right strategy for Afghanistan, insurgents there are quietly killing young Americans with terrible efficiency, and all of Americas military might cannot stop them. Even as a senior U.S. officer was suggesting to me Tuesday ...
  5 weeks ago

• The Samaritan of Iraq: A Short Story About Doppelgangers

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 713
  The Samaritans were a despised and denigrated tribal group in ancient times. Yet, who was it who had the eyes to see, the heart to act when all others avoided the battered and ran away? It was a Samaritan. As the ancient story is told… a poor soul lay by the side of the road, beaten to a bloody pulp. Men of the ...
  5 weeks ago

• Afghanistan: Electrification Effort Loses Spark

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 751
  Anybody seen a better future around here? 21 October 2009 In 2008, I was trekking in the Himalayas in Nepal preparing for a return to Afghanistan. A message came from a British officer suggesting to end the trip and get to Afghanistan. Something was up, and I didn’t bother to ask what. Days of walking were ...
  6 weeks ago

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