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Afghanistan Troops Face Smarter, Fiercer IEDs

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2009 8:05 AM CDT

(Newser) – The war in Afghanistan is getting deadlier for both coalition troops and Afghan forces, reports James Dao in the New York Times, mostly because of an increase in homemade bomb attacks—465  in May alone. The IEDs—improvised explosive devices—are getting more sophisticated as...   Read full story »

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