improvised explosive device

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Improvised Explosive Device. A homemade bomb deployed during unconventional military actions (usually by insurgents) which is constructed from parts repurposed from conventional military explosives—e.g., an artillery round with an attached detonater

improvised explosive device

Abbreviation: IED
Military jargon for a homemade bomb or land mine used in unconventional warfare.
See also: device
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NEW YORK -- Prosecutors say the arrests of two New York City women who talked about recipes for homemade bombs show authorities are committed to doing everything they can to prevent ''attacks by homegrown violent extremists.
US stopping 'homegrown' threats
He then used my phone and called a mobile which I later found out was connected to a homemade bomb.
Further remand for four SIM card blasts suspects
Bomb technicians located and seized numerous illegal fireworks and other items used to make homemade bombs, police said.
Man injured, then cited, for homemade bomb
A YOUNG British jihadist fighting in Syria has posted pictures of the destruction he claims was caused by his homemade bombs - after warning that the UK government should be "afraid" about him returning with his new skills.
Young jihadi posts bomb blast images
BEIRUT: A civilian was killed and at least 10 others wounded Wednesday evening after a homemade bomb exploded under the Al-Khannaq bridge in Lebanon's second largest city Tripoli, a security source told The Daily Star.
Tripoli explosion near Army post kills civilian
Two terrorists blow themselves to death by homemade bomb, a third was seriously injured in Muqsha village.
Bahrain Press
The General Director of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science said in a brief statement that "a number of individuals suspected of detonating a homemade bomb in a car on April 6 in Adliya", an area in the capital Manama.
Car explosion suspects arrested
A terrorist act targeted the lives of policemen who were on duty in the village of Daih, using a homemade bomb that injured one security man," the ministry said.
Policeman injured in Bahrain blast
DUBAI - Bahraini police said Monday they defused a homemade bomb in a car on a main road in Manama.
Bahrain shows steadfast determination to fight terror
A security source told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / that a homemade bomb went off at patrol of the Army forces, in the Qaim district western Anbar, killing one soldier and wounded four others, including a captain.
Soldier killed, four wounded in Anbar province
According to AP, an attendant found a homemade bomb in a plastic bag that was placed near a gas pump at a station in General Santos city late Sunday, regional police chief Charles Calima Jr.
Philippine Police Foils Bombing at Gas Station
According to police, the homemade bomb was planted near Salman Khail police station in Bud Bair area of Peshawar.
Terror bid foiled as a huge bomb defused in Peshawar

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