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Pakistan:3 US soldiers among 7 killed by Roadside IED 70 injured

3 US Soldiers among 7 Killed in Northwest Pakistan According to CBC Newsnet and the LA Times the US Embassy in Pakistan has confirmed that three U.S. soldiers are among those killed in a roadside blast in...

created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 2 years ago
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Roadside Bomb Kills Three Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan

Rob Walker

Afghanistan: 3 U.S.Troops Killed Total 871 and 10 this year.

This is supposed to be the season when the Taliban slow down in Afghanistan and normally in March the fighting season starts. Apparently not so this year. Based on numerous incidents recently, it seems the...

created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

Canadians fire on vehicle near bomb diffusing team-Kill Civilian

Canadian Soldiers cordoned off an area in a residential neighborhood in Khandahar City to diffuse a bomb that had been located there. During the cordon and bomb diffusion operation a civilian car breached...

created by Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke | 2 years ago
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Rob Walker

Technology Lessons from Iraq

This is pretty epic in length but interesting nonetheless -- a good roundup of the technological difficulties faced by the US in Iraq, and some proposed solutions. Still, I'm pretty wary of any self-described...

created by Brian A Kennedy | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Bomb-sniffing robots on way to troops in Iraq

"U.S. troops deployed in Iraq will soon receive help in the form of explosive-detection robots, which can sniff out deadly improvised explosive devices, more commonly known as IEDs. More than 100 PackBot robots provided by iRobot Corp. will be fitted with the sniffing...

created by alaaron | 5 years ago
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Casus Belli: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia

"WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 â U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made...