Record Number Of Roadside Bomb Attacks
'Roadside Bomb Attacks In Afghanistan Shatter Record', USA Today, 8 July 2009
EXCERPT: "Roadside bomb attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan are blowing past previous records, causing a rising number of wounded as U.S. troops are waging a major offensive to stop growing violence from Afghan insurgents. The total number of incidents with roadside bombs, also called improvised explosive devices (IEDs), hit 736 in June, which set a record for the fourth straight month. Incidents have risen from 361 in March, to 407 in April and 465 in May, records show. Records also show the steadily worsening security situation in Afghanistan during the past two years. In June 2007, there were 234 incidents and another 308 in June 2008, according to statistics from the Pentagon's Joint IED Defeat Organization. Incidents include IEDs found and cleared, ineffective attacks and attacks that kill or wound coalition troops."
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See also:
'Growing menace of Afghan IEDs', BBC News, 8 July 2009
'The trouble with armored vehicle', Defence Management, 8 July 2009
'Afghan army, police to get handheld detectors as IED violence escalates', Defence Industry Daily, 7 July 2009
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