Improvised explosive device

...by a roadside explosive on July 5. Lance Cpl Elson was part of a team providing support for an attack on an enemy-held compound when the improvised explosive device blew up, killing him instantly. "As soon as the welfare officer called...

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...birthday of the U.S. Marines, and the day before Veterans Day. The Defense Department said in a statement that he was killed by an improvised explosive device during combat operations in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province.

In this article: Afghanistan, Taliban, and 1st Marine Division

...Force, The Orange County Register reported. Swanson was serving in the Taliban stronghold of Helmand Province when he was killed by an improvised explosive device, the Department of Defense announced. His death on Nov. 10 came on the...

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...States has lost 920 troops, Britain 235 and other NATO contributors 365, according to the iCasualties website (www.icasualties.org). * Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are by far the biggest killer of foreign troops. So far in 2009,...

In this article: Afghanistan, NATO, Hamid Karzai, Taliban insurgency, Opium, United States, United Nations, Heroin, World Bank, and Transparency International

...prize worth GBP16,000. Dale suffered extensive injuries when the armoured Jackal vehicle he was travelling in drove over an improvised explosive device in June. He had been there for just four weeks. The former Barry Comprehensive...

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...Afghanistan, an inquest heard today. Ranger Justin Cupples, 29, was on a foot patrol in Sangin, Helmand Province, clearing deadly Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) on September 4 last year. But tragically Rgr Cupples, of 1st Battalion...

In this article: Royal Irish Regiment, Trademark, Improvised Explosive Devices, US, and Sangin

...spoke of mine-clearing fears in week of death Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, the British Army bomb disposal expert killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, spoke of his "nerve-racking'' work in an interview recorded in the...

In this article: Afghanistan, Royal Engineers, Thornton-Cleveleys, Northern Ireland, Parachute Regiment, and British Airways

...by a Taliban device on Sunday was named yesterday as Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas. The 28-year-old from 33 Engineer Regiment died when an improvised explosive device blew up in Gereshk, Helmand province. Death toll: Corporal Loren...

In this article: Afghanistan and Taliban

...in Afghanistan named as Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, a British Army bomb disposal expert killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, has been remembered by his wife as a ''true hero''.

In this article: Afghanistan, Royal Engineers, Thornton-Cleveleys, Northern Ireland, and Parachute Regiment

...and Dale had already left and I was all alone," she said. "Then Dale had the horrible accident." In June, Guardsman Leach was hit by an improvised explosive device while he was out serving for the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. He lost...

In this article: Birmingham, Welsh Guards, and Afghanistan