U.S. Soldiers Search Iraq for Deadly IEDs

"ROUTE TAMPA, Iraq (AP) - At 8 a.m. soldiers from the Army's 467th Engineers set off on the roads of central Iraq, accompanied by a 45,000-pound armored truck called the "Buffalo." Their job: searching for the deadliest weapon in the insurgents' arsenal - the dreaded "improvised explosive devices," or roadside bombs.

Sometimes they get lucky and find the bombs before they explode, saving fellow American soldiers from death or horrific injury.

"Sometimes we have a bad day and they find us," quipped Sgt. Roland Galvan of Holcomb, Miss.

Homemade bombs, known here as IEDs, have become the biggest killers of American troops in Iraq, accounting for about 64 percent of the deaths and injuries suffered by U.S. forces in October. It was the fourth deadliest month for the United States since the Iraq war began in March 2003."
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