Rise in Iran-made bombs in Baghdad district: US

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attacks using Iranian-made roadside bombs in a key part of Baghdad rose in January to the highest level in a year, the U.S. military said on Sunday.

Washington has accused Tehran of supplying Shi'ite militias in Iraq with sophisticated weapons, including armor-piercing roadside bombs known as explosively formed penetrators (EFPs), to attack U.S. troops. Tehran denies the allegation.

The military said there were 12 EFP attacks against U.S. forces last month in an area encompassing northern and eastern parts of Baghdad, including the slum of Sadr City, stronghold of the Mehdi Army militia of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

In a statement, the military said this was the highest monthly total in a year in the area, which falls under the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division.



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Oh look! The Pentagon doesn't have anything else to do on Super Bowl Sunday than to launch a new verbal attack on Iran. Just when their internet is mysteriously down do to invisable ships dragging anchors! GEE!

molecular structure of the fragments?

:eyes:

... but that doesn't stop the propaganda machine from keeping their flock
in the "right" mood ...

all the while we're bombing Iraq ourselves with fresh air strikes daily.

Uh huh.

This story still wouldn't merit any ink.

As you can see from Image 1), below, an Explosively Formed Projectile (EFP) is nothing more than a steel pipe packed with high explosive, into which a hand beaten or spun copper disc is pressed. All these materials and the tools needed to make them are widely available in Iraq. A couple little tabs are welded onto a flange over the end of copper plate to allow the explosive charge to build up sufficient pressure;

2) The explosion melts the copper which forms into a semi-teardrop shape as flies as a projectile toward a nearby target. 3) The heat and mass of the molten metal combined with its velocity penetrates even the thickest armor.

Not very sophisticated or hard to fabricate. Any automotive repair shop or oil field machine shack has all the tools one needs to manufacture EFPs. They aren't difficult to design, build or use - the knowledge to make effective EFPs is widely disseminated throughout the Middle East. There is no reason to conclude that these things are made in Iran.

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Again.

shut the fuck up