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Prince Charles honours brave volunteers...Sean Birchall, 33, from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, in Helmand on June 19. He was in the lead vehicle, a Mastiff, which passed over an improvised explosive device laid by insurgents. But Maj Birchall's Jackal armoured vehicle behind, which... In this article: Prince Charles, Welsh Guards, Afghanistan, and Improvised explosive device |
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Wales Online | 6 days ago
Dead Pencoed soldier's sister skydives for charity
...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...
In this article: Bridgend and Welsh Guards
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The O.C. Register | November 20, 2009
Body of fallen Marine arrives at Los Alamitos
...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
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NBC | November 20, 2009
Body of Fallen Marine Returns Home to Anaheim
...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...
In this article: MySpace, 1st Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, and Buena Park High School
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Reuters | November 19, 2009
FACTBOX: Key facts and figures for Afghanistan
...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
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Wales Online | November 18, 2009
Greatest gift of all for childhood sweethearts
...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...
In this article: Headley Court and Welsh Guards
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The Sun | November 18, 2009
Soldier died in bomb blast
...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
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 17, 2009
British soldier killed in Afghanistan spoke of mineclearing fears in week of death
...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
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Daily Mail | November 17, 2009
'We're still waiting on new body armour and helmets ... we hope they arrive soon': Two weeks after a TA soldier wrote this he was shot dead
...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
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | November 17, 2009
British soldier killed in Afghanistan named as Corporal Loren MarltonThomas
...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
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BBC News | November 17, 2009
Marriage plan
...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
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An improvised explosive device (IED) is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. One may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism.
IEDs may be used in terrorist actions or in unconventional warfare by guerrillas or commando forces in a theater of operations. In the 2003–present Iraq War, IEDs have been used extensively against coalition forces and by the end of 2007 they have been responsible for approximately 40% of coalition deaths in Iraq. They are also used extensively by cadres of the rebel Tamil Tiger (LTTE) organization against military and civilian targets in Sri Lanka.
IEDs are often placed on the curb of roads so as to be detonated when vehicles or pedestrians pass by, and so are sometimes also known as roadside bombs.
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