Published on Security Management (http://www.securitymanagement.com)
U.S. Military Sees Drop in IEDs in Iraq
By Matthew Harwood
Created 11/16/2007 - 15:35



    
Wrap-Up?: 
No
Weight: 
0
Lead Headline?: 
No
Date: 
11/16/2007
By Line: 
By Matthew Harwood
Teaser: 
Top U.S. official attributes the drop in the weapons' use to Iran. 


The use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq has declined, a top U.S. military official said in the military's Green Zone yesterday, as Iran has stopped the popular weapon's flow across its borders.


 Via The Washington Post [1]:




Maj. Gen. James E. Simmons said 1,560 bombs were found last month across Iraq, a steep drop from the 3,239 found in March and about the same amount reported in September 2005.... Simmons said that Iran, which U.S. officials have called the source of the deadliest bombs in Iraq, appears to now be controlling the flow of weapons across its borders, in keeping with a pledge Iranian leaders made this summer.


"We have not seen any recent evidence that weapons continue to come across the border into Iraq," said Simmons, deputy commanding general of Multinational Corps-Iraq. "We believe that the initiatives and the commitments that the Iranians have made appear to be holding up."




For more information on IEDs in Iraq and how soldiers can avoid them, see this short history [2] of their use by GlobalSecurity.org.


Related Resources: 
Comments


    

    




  
Security Management is the award-winning publication of ASIS International, the preeminent international

organization for security professionals, with more than 38,000 members worldwide.


ASIS International, Inc. Worldwide Headquarters, 1625 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-2818 U.S.A.

703.519.6200 | fax 703.519.6299 | www.asisonline.org


ASIS


© 2013 Security Management

This site is protected by copyright and trade mark laws under U.S. and International law.

No part of this work may be reproduced without the written permission of Security Management.








    

    
Source URL: http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/u-s-military-sees-drop-ieds-iraq

    
Links:
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111502307_pf.html

[2] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/intro/ied-iraq.htm