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  • And when we get that information about those raids, sometimes we understand about weapons that have been compensized -- excuse me, weapons that have been taken in and destroyed, RPGs, what they called Improvised Explosive Devices or car bombs.

    CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2003 2003

  • The Army said the devices, which they described as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were not set to detonate but the components could have been assembled for use elsewhere.

    ireland.com Breaking News 2008

  • The documents were entitled Improvised Munitions Handbook and Unconventional Warfare Devices and Techniques.

    The Guardian World News 2012

  • The Kataib Hezbollah group is plotting to use powerful rocket-propelled bombs called Improvised Rocket-Assisted Munitions, or IRAMs, Odierno said.

    Amid threat, U.S. heightens security at its Iraq bases 2010

  • The Kataib Hezbollah group is plotting to use powerful rocket-propelled bombs called Improvised Rocket-Assisted Munitions, or IRAMs, Odierno said.

    Amid threat, U.S. heightens security at its Iraq bases 2010

  • There was no reason to add that the roads were where the infamous homemade bombs called Improvised Explosive Devices had taken many of the more than three thousand American lives lost in Iraq over the past four years.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • There was no reason to add that the roads were where the infamous homemade bombs called Improvised Explosive Devices had taken many of the more than three thousand American lives lost in Iraq over the past four years.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • There was no reason to add that the roads were where the infamous homemade bombs called Improvised Explosive Devices had taken many of the more than three thousand American lives lost in Iraq over the past four years.

    The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010

  • Up ahead, an American Stryker infantry carrier crossed a cord or string, a classic device used by insurgents for bombs known as Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2010

  • Butts is the driver of a Stryker infantry carrier, an armored vehicle often targeted by insurgents who plant roadside bombs, also called Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs.

    The Seattle Times 2010

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