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Also Known As IED

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U.S. soldiers waiting to be evacuated by helicopter after their armoured vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device, Afghanistan, 2009.
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A U.S. Stryker armoured vehicle lying on its side after it received a blast from an improvised explosive device buried beneath a roadway, 2007.
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