The slumber one threat to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is the I ED, which has been responsible for almost 40 percent of ttJ.S. casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom. There are numerous ways to activate lEDs, ranging from crude timers to command wires to remote activation via cell phone. However, one of the most common activation methods is a pressure-sensitive trigger that relies on targets to activate the I ED by rolling over it themselves as they would, for example, in a vehicle. Commonly a called the "Victim-Operated IED," it is typically buried beneath the many long roads that U.S. and Coalition Forces patrol on a daily basis.

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