Coalition Efforts in Northern Iraq Reduce Number of Roadside Bombs

By Lisa Daniel | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2008 - U.S. and Iraqi military operations in northern Iraq have cut the number of roadside bombs there nearly in half since February, the commander of Multinational Division North told reporters at a Pentagon briefing today.

The number of roadside bombs - known in military parlance as improvised explosive devices, or IEDs - discovered in May was 550, compared to 900 in February, Army Maj. Gen. Mark P. Hertling told reporters in a teleconference from Camp Striker in Iraq. Coalition troops clear about half the IEDs each month, he said.

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