The Mahalo Top 7
- Wikipedia: Improvised explosive device
- TIME Magazine: The Enemy's New Tools in Iraq (June 14, 2007)
- BBC News: IEDs: Iraq's deadly roadside bombs (August 18, 2006)
- Military.com: JURY-RIGGED: Improvised Explosive Devices
- DefendAmerica News: Soldiers Train to Defend Against Improvised Explosive Devices (January 20, 2005)
- WashingtonPost.com: 'The IED problem is getting out of control...' (September 30, 2007)
- YouTube: ABC News in Iraq Hit IED (Time: 2:24)
IED Recent News Stories
- Google News: IED Search
- DefenseLink: General Calls Training Critical in IED Fight (Febraury 14, 2008)
- International Herald Tribune: Iraq: 2 US soldiers killed in separate attacks... (February 20, 2008)
- English Xinhua: Afghan army capture key Taliban IED facilitator (February 12, 2008)
- World Tribune: The latest terror craze: The 'Sticky IED' (February 27, 2008)
IED Background
- The White House: President Briefed by Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Task Force (March 11, 2006)
- U.S. Department of State: Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq: Effects and Countermeasures (42.4 KB)
Vehicle Borne IEDs (VBIED)
- Multi-National Force-Iraq: Vehicle-borne IED used to attack Iraqi civilians (September 11, 2007)
- GlobalSecurity.org: Vehicle Borne IEDs (VBIEDs)
- Wikipedia: Car bomb
- CPNI: Vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs)
Countermeasures Against IEDs
- Popular Mechanics: Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report (March 11, 2008)
- Department of Homeland Security: Preventing IED Attacks (October 19, 2007)
- USA Today: Congress intervened to protect troops from IEDs (September 3, 2007)
- Space War: Page One Science Releases The NO-PLODE IED Countermeasure (October 23, 2006)
IED In Iraq and Afghanistan
- Multi-National Force-Iraq: IED, Indirect Fire Cells Disrupted by Weapons Find (February 23, 2008)
- DefenseLink: Former Iraq Corps Commander Leads IED Defeat Effort (February 13, 2008)
- Wired Blog (Wired News): Pentagon Bomb-Fighter Stumped by Iraq's IED Drop (November 15, 2007)
- Reuters: 85 killed in Afghan IED blasts in May--NATO (May 23, 2007)
- Boston Globe: US pays MIT to plumb chemistry of Iraq IEDs (February 28, 2006)
- FOXNews: U.S. Military Issues Iraq IED Report (November 1, 2005)
IED Blogs and Commentary
- Kevin Kelley's Lifestream: Street Use: Improvised Explosive Device
- Running On Empty: Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) (December 18, 2006
- Gawker: Times Square Terror! 4 a.m. I.E.D. Blows Army Office (March 6, 2008)
- Crooks and Liars: An effective IED strategy - that the administration opposed (December 20, 2007)
- Wired Blog Network (Wired News): IED found outside Austin Women's Clinic... (April 26, 2007)
- The Huffington Post: Army Operations Chief: "The IED Problem Is Getting Out..." (September 20, 2007)
- The Weekly Standard: Improvised Explosive Disaster: An inside look at the Pentagon's... (May 4, 2006)
- Daily Kos: Pentagon Clueless to Stop IED's (February 2, 2006)