The Long War Journal: In Pictures: Anatomy of an IED



Written by Bill Roggio on March 12, 2008 1:02 PM to The Long War Journal

Available online at: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/03/anatomy_of_an_ied.php


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MOSUL, IRAQ: On March 11, the 2nd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division stopped a car in the Al Bakir neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq. After searching the car, the Iraqi Army found six improvised explosive devices (IEDs or roadside bombs). The driver has been detained and the Iraqi Army is now looking for the bomb factory. The following slideshow looks at an IED created by terrorists in Mosul.