Iraq: the social context of IEDs

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2005Subject(s): In: Military Review Vol 85 no 3, May-June 2005, pp.37-40Summary: Improvised explosive devices are the deadliest weapons faced by coalition forces in Iraq. This report argues that more attention should be paid to the bombmaker than the bomb if the problem is to be dealt with successfully. This in turn requires an understanding of the social structures, particularly tribes and clans, that comprise Iraqi society.
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Improvised explosive devices are the deadliest weapons faced by coalition forces in Iraq. This report argues that more attention should be paid to the bombmaker than the bomb if the problem is to be dealt with successfully. This in turn requires an understanding of the social structures, particularly tribes and clans, that comprise Iraqi society.

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