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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 16 > U.S. predicts spike in Afghan IEDs

U.S. predicts spike in Afghan IEDs

By Jason Straziuso / The Bulletin
May 16, 2009

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — Strategically buried in the middle of dirt roads, packed in culverts and attached to trip wires, a heightened hidden danger awaits the thousands of U.S. troops pouring into Afghanistan to fight a tenacious Taliban.

The U.S. military expects a 50 percent....

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