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For Marine's Widow, Memorial Day Has Extra Meaning
latimes.com 3 days, 3 hours agoStaff Sgt. Joseph Fankhauser was killed in Afghanistan last month when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. 'We live with death' in Explosive Ordnance Disposal, his wife, Heather, says.CAMP PENDLETON , Marine Staff Sgt. Joseph Fankhauser had been inAfghanistan'svolatile Helmand province for barely two weeks when he stepped on what the military calls an improvised explosive device. He was on his fifth combat deployment.
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Insurgents' Homemade Bombs Are Increasingly Duds
wired.com 3 weeks, 5 days agoImprovised explosive devices, the Afghanistan War's signature insurgent weapon, are now a quarter less effective than they were last year, according to Pentagon statistics provided to Danger Room. During the year that just ended, from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012, insurgents detonated 7,166 bombs against U.S. troops and their allies. During the previous year -- April 2010 through March 2011 -- insurgents detonated 8,557 such bombs.
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