U.S. troops are now finding and defusing nearly half of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq, and casualties from the devices are holding steady despite a sharp increase in the number being ...

Russ Marek went through hell and survived. Now he’s hoping to inspire other veterans facing their own struggles. Marek, a U.S. Army veteran from Melbourne, Florida, was badly wounded after being hit ...

Despite those efforts to pave a safe path for the infantry, Hamas managed to place newly laid IEDs in the area where the IDF infantry would later pass through. The five IDF soldiers who were killed ...

Pentagon report reveals military leaders knew about IED dangers prior to war. Dec. 9, 2008— -- WASHINGTON — Military leaders knew the dangers posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq ...

Still, the Pentagon says progress is being made: Up to 40 percent of IEDS are discovered and disabled by the military before they detonate, said Lt. Christine Devries, a spokeswoman for the ...

You knew we were in trouble when roadside bombs became “improvised explosive devices” early in the Iraq war. IEDs have gotten so bad that the Army is planning an OCP TECD next week. That’s an Occupant ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The United States is pouring billions more dollars and fresh platoons of experts into its campaign to ‘‘defeat IEDs,’’ the roadside bombs President Bush describes as threat No. 1 to ...

At an undisclosed location in Iraq, an AH-64 Apache helicopter provides close-air support for a resupply convoy in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve on Nov. 27, 2017.

Two Iraqi nationals living in Western Kentucky were indicted Tuesday on charges of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction, reports the Associated Press. The 23-count indictment returned by a ...

When an archaeologist’s vehicle hit an IED in Iraq, she expected to die - instead, she woke up somewhere beyond reality. Surrounded by thousands of luminous beings, she was shown the structure of ...