Asadullah Shabaz, center, a radio telephone operator for the Afghan Uniformed Police, leads a squad through an improvised explosive device awareness lane at Combat Outpost Zerok, Paktika province, Afghanistan, earlier this year. Shabaz explains why his squad stopped to Sgt. Ricardo Mercado, right, of the 554th Military Police Company, 9th Engineer Battalion.

Congress told IEDs will remain 'weapon of choice' for decades

Improvised explosive devices, and the networks that use these asymmetric weapons, will remain an enduring threat to U.S. forces and the nation for decades to come, the Defense Department's top counter-IED official told lawmakers, Sept. 20, 2012....READ MORE

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