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IEDs Global Terror Weapon

IEDs Global Terror Weapon

Terrorists realize the IEDs can have more impact than attacks with small weapons, Smith said. "Things that go boom draw more attention than things that go bang," she said in an e-mail. The Triton report detailed how terrorist groups hide IEDs in balls and children's toys, notably in Colombia and the West Bank. IED technology can be adopted easily elsewhere, says Michael O'Hanlon, a military analyst and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "This is the urgent threat facing us now," he said. "It's one of the few things capable of defeating us."
Ref. https://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008...p=DailyBriefing

Weapon Terror Global IEDs

Ever since they first started using ieds against the american troops in Iraq I figured it would not take too long before these became a world wide threat to everyone. Since they have proven so successful under military operations they should prove to be very effective in civilian areas.

IEDs Global Terror Weapon History & Civil Business Politics

This is a difficult one because on one hand you have the education and then on the other you have those that are up to no good.

Weapon Terror Global IEDs

Yes and it is those who are up to no good that are causing much of the terrorist activity around the world. Reminds me of that saying about idle hands.

Weapon Terror Global IEDs

Threat of Terrorist IED's Growing Expanding General Says
US Military News

The threat posed by improvised explosive devices is growing and spreading across the globe, and will be the terrorists' weapon of choice for decades, the commander of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization said.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed