Destructive craft
The topic I have chosen for my final project, as well as for this week’s task, is destructive/lethal war craft; more specifically so called IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device).
In the Aug 20-27 issue, Newsweek writes:
The U.S. military hasn’t told the public exactly how many soldiers and Marines are killed and injured by IEDs every month in Iraq. Such disclosures would aid the enemy, or so goes the official explanation, though it might also embarrass Pentagon officials who say they have spent at least $6 billion so far trying to defeat IEDs, with limited success. The best estimate is that about one in three soldiers lost in 2004 was killed by an IED. Now it’s more like four out of five. About 50 soldiers a month are killed or injured by IEDs, up from about 30 a year ago.
Newsweek also provides a video called “How IED’s work“.
Another article in Freedom’s Phoenix: THINGS THAT GO ‘BUMP’ IN THE ROAD - How IEDs Work.
Jacob Appelbaum’s blog post regarding IED’s.
