FBI Looking for 2 Men Who Allegedly Found Explosive Device in NYC The U . S . Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) is asking the public for help in locating two men who allegedly found a piece of luggage on a New York sidewalk that contained an explosive device that may be tied to the suspect in Saturday ' s bombings in New York and New Jersey . On Wednesday the FBI issued a statement and a photo of two men that was taken on Saturday , September 17 , in the same hour an explosive device detonated . The FBI said the men took the luggage , which was located only four blocks or so from the New York bombing site , and left the device behind . That device did not detonate . Federal investigators said during a news conference Wednesday the men are wanted as witnesses only . Federal investigators said earlier the suspect in Saturday ' s bombings in New York and New Jersey has been charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction in the weekend attacks . Investigators said he bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home . Evidence teams investigate at the scene of Saturday ' s explosion on West 23rd Street in Manhattan ' s Chelsea neighborhood in New York , Sept . 19 , 2016 . Ahmad Khan Rahami , a U . S . citizen of Afghan descent has been charged in the bombing . Multiple federal charges The details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28 - year - old Ahmad Khan Rahami . Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison . Authorities arrested Rahami on Monday after an exchange of gunfire with police that left him and two officers wounded . According to the court documents , investigators believe Rahami used an eBay account with the username " ahmad rahimi " to buy citric acid , a circuit board , electric igniters and hundreds of ball bearings between June 20 and August 10 . The items were shipped to a business in Perth Amboy , New Jersey , where Rahami worked until September 12 . Ball bearings were found in two pressure cooker bombs placed four blocks apart in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York late Saturday . One of them exploded , injuring 29 people , while the other was recovered intact . Investigators said the second bomb had " numerous " electric igniters . That second device was tested for fingerprints , and the criminal complaint said all 12 prints found were matches for Rahami . The documents say his prints were also found on items inside of a backpack that was discovered late Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth , New Jersey , just outside of New York . The bag contained multiple explosive devices , including one that blew up as police tried to disarm it with a robot . Authorities also tied Rahami to a bomb that blew up in a trash can in Seaside Park , New Jersey , early Saturday . That link involved one of the cell phones that investigators said were shipped last year to a store in Perth Amboy near the address that Rahami provided as his home in a 2012 passport application . They said a second phone shipped to the same place was used in the bomb that blew up in Chelsea . A third phone , one found with the other Chelsea bomb , was once registered to one of Rahami ' s family members , the documents said . A still image captured from a video from WABC television shows New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami being loaded into an ambulance after a shoot - out with police in Linden , New Jersey , Sept . 19 , 2016 . Surveillance video Investigators also said they used surveillance video to tie Rahami to the Chelsea bombs , with cameras putting him near the explosion site about 37 minutes before the blast and near where the other bomb was found two minutes after the first one went off . That second video , they said , showed him pulling a suitcase and then a short time later walking without it . The documents contain some pieces of writing from a journal found on Rahami when he was arrested . The messages include praise of American - born cleric Anwar al - Awlaki , who was killed by a U . S . drone strike in Yemen in 2011 , and " Brother Osama Bin Laden , " the former head of al - Qaida who was killed by U . S . forces in Pakistan in 2011 . " Inshallah the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets . Gun shots to your police . Death To Your OPPRESSION , " one message reads . The FBI said Tuesday it assessed Rahami ' s activities in 2014 after his father told agents he was concerned about his son ' s possible involvement with extremists . The agency found insufficient evidence to warrant further investigation . Rahami was born in Afghanistan , came to the U . S . at age 7 and became a naturalized American citizen .

FBI Looking for 2 Men Who Allegedly Found Explosive Device in NYCThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking the public for help in locating two men who allegedly found a piece of luggage on a New York sidewalk that contained an explosive device that may be tied to the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey.On Wednesday the FBI issued a statement and a photo of two men that was taken on Saturday, September 17, in the same hour an explosive device detonated. The FBI said the men took the luggage, which was located only four blocks or so from the New York bombing site, and left the device behind. That device did not detonate.Federal investigators said during a news conference Wednesday the men are wanted as witnesses only.Federal investigators said earlier the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey has been charged with use of a weapon of mass destruction in the weekend attacks. Investigators said he bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home.Evidence teams investigate at the scene of Saturday's explosion on West 23rd Street in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood in New York, Sept. 19, 2016. Ahmad Khan Rahami, a U.S. citizen of Afghan descent has been charged in the bombing.Multiple federal chargesThe details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami. Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.Authorities arrested Rahami on Monday after an exchange of gunfire with police that left him and two officers wounded.According to the court documents, investigators believe Rahami used an eBay account with the username "ahmad rahimi" to buy citric acid, a circuit board, electric igniters and hundreds of ball bearings between June 20 and August 10. The items were shipped to a business in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where Rahami worked until September 12.Ball bearings were found in two pressure cooker bombs placed four blocks apart in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York late Saturday. One of them exploded, injuring 29 people, while the other was recovered intact. Investigators said the second bomb had "numerous" electric igniters.That second device was tested for fingerprints, and the criminal complaint said all 12 prints found were matches for Rahami. The documents say his prints were also found on items inside of a backpack that was discovered late Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, just outside of New York. The bag contained multiple explosive devices, including one that blew up as police tried to disarm it with a robot.Authorities also tied Rahami to a bomb that blew up in a trash can in Seaside Park, New Jersey, early Saturday.That link involved one of the cell phones that investigators said were shipped last year to a store in Perth Amboy near the address that Rahami provided as his home in a 2012 passport application. They said a second phone shipped to the same place was used in the bomb that blew up in Chelsea.A third phone, one found with the other Chelsea bomb, was once registered to one of Rahami's family members, the documents said.A still image captured from a video from WABC television shows New York bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami being loaded into an ambulance after a shoot-out with police in Linden, New Jersey, Sept. 19, 2016.Surveillance videoInvestigators also said they used surveillance video to tie Rahami to the Chelsea bombs, with cameras putting him near the explosion site about 37 minutes before the blast and near where the other bomb was found two minutes after the first one went off. That second video, they said, showed him pulling a suitcase and then a short time later walking without it.The documents contain some pieces of writing from a journal found on Rahami when he was arrested. The messages include praise of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011, and "Brother Osama Bin Laden," the former head of al-Qaida who was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan in 2011."Inshallah the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets. Gun shots to your police. Death To Your OPPRESSION," one message reads.The FBI said Tuesday it assessed Rahami's activities in 2014 after his father told agents he was concerned about his son's possible involvement with extremists.The agency found insufficient evidence to warrant further investigation.Rahami was born in Afghanistan, came to the U.S. at age 7 and became a naturalized American citizen.

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Iraq : Improvised explosive device targets British vehicles in Baghdad An improvised explosive device has targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Iraq ’ s capital Baghdad . The British embassy said the blast targeted an embassy convoy on the airport road , close to the Umm al Tabool Mosque on Tuesday morning . There were no injuries but an armoured vehicle was badly damaged .

Iraq: Improvised explosive device targets British vehicles in BaghdadAn improvised explosive device has targeted British diplomatic vehicles in Iraq’s capital Baghdad.The British embassy said the blast targeted an embassy convoy on the airport road, close to the Umm al Tabool Mosque on Tuesday morning.There were no injuries but an armoured vehicle was badly damaged.

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A man accused of trying to ignite explosives aboard an American Airlines jet could be one of many suicide recruits from London , according to the chairman of a Brixton mosque where the suspect worshipped . Abdul Haqq Baker , speaking outside the mosque in south London , told reporters Wednesday he believes the suspect , identified on his passport as Richard Reid , could not have acted alone and that more will try to succeed where he failed . " I think now they ' ve seen that this particular plan was foiled , the others I fear , are going to be more successful and more extreme in what they do , " Baker said . " I really personally believe he was a tester , " he said . " They wanted to see how far he would get and then act thereafter . " Baker said Reid , 28 , was known by the name Abdel Rahim when he joined the mosque in 1998 , at about the same time as Zacarias Moussaoui , who has been indicted in the U . S . on conspiracy charges related to the Sept . 11 hijackings . Moussaoui is a French citizen accused of being trained as the " 20th hijacker " for the attacks on the Pentagon and New York ' s World Trade Center . Baker says Reid , believed to be of Anglo - Jamaican heritage , had converted to Islam while serving time in jail for minor offences and attended the mosque for two years . Reid is accused of trying to detonate C - 4 plastic explosives hidden in his shoes on a flight from Paris to Miami last Saturday . A flight attendant said she noticed the smell of smoke , then saw a man trying to light one of his shoes with a match . The plane , with nearly 200 people on board , was diverted to Boston ' s Logan International Airport , escorted by two F - 15 fighter jets . Reid is being held at the Plymouth correctional facility in Massachusetts .

A man accused of trying to ignite explosives aboard an American Airlines jet could be one of many suicide recruits from London, according to the chairman of a Brixton mosque where the suspect worshipped.Abdul Haqq Baker, speaking outside the mosque in south London, told reporters Wednesday he believes the suspect, identified on his passport as Richard Reid, could not have acted alone and that more will try to succeed where he failed."I think now they've seen that this particular plan was foiled, the others I fear, are going to be more successful and more extreme in what they do," Baker said."I really personally believe he was a tester," he said. "They wanted to see how far he would get and then act thereafter."Baker said Reid, 28, was known by the name Abdel Rahim when he joined the mosque in 1998, at about the same time as Zacarias Moussaoui, who has been indicted in the U.S. on conspiracy charges related to the Sept. 11 hijackings.Moussaoui is a French citizen accused of being trained as the "20th hijacker" for the attacks on the Pentagon and New York's World Trade Center.Baker says Reid, believed to be of Anglo-Jamaican heritage, had converted to Islam while serving time in jail for minor offences and attended the mosque for two years.Reid is accused of trying to detonate C-4 plastic explosives hidden in his shoes on a flight from Paris to Miami last Saturday. A flight attendant said she noticed the smell of smoke, then saw a man trying to light one of his shoes with a match.The plane, with nearly 200 people on board, was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport, escorted by two F-15 fighter jets.Reid is being held at the Plymouth correctional facility in Massachusetts.

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On 7 October 2019 , a suicide bomber detonated an improvised explosive device in a rickshaw in Jalalabad as a minibus carrying Afghan Army recruits passed it . At least fourteen people were killed and 37 others were injured . == References ==

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Investigators : NY Bombing Suspect Bought Parts on eBay Federal investigators say the suspect in Saturday ' s bombings in New York and New Jersey bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home . The details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28 - year - old Ahmad Khan Rahami . Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison . Authorities arrested Rahami on Monday after an exchange of gunfire with police that left him and two officers wounded . According to the court documents , investigators believe Rahami used an eBay account with the username " ahmad rahami " to buy citric acid , a circuit board , electric igniters and hundreds of ball bearings between June 20 and August 10 . The items were shipped to a business in Perth Amboy , New Jersey where Rahami worked until September 12 . Ball bearings were found in two pressure cooker bombs placed four blocks apart in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York late Saturday . One of them exploded , injuring 29 people , while the other was recovered intact . Investigators said the second bomb had " numerous " electric igniters . Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody after a shootout with police Monday , Sept . 19 , 2016 . That second device was tested for fingerprints , and the criminal complaint said all 12 prints found were matches for Rahami . The documents say his prints were also found on items inside of a backpack that was discovered late Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth , New Jersey , just outside of New York . The bag contained multiple explosive devices , including one that blew up as police tried to disarm it with a robot . Authorities also tied Rahami to a bomb that blew up in a trash can in Seaside Park , New Jersey early Saturday . That link involved one of the cell phones that investigators said were shipped last year to a store in Perth Amboy near the address that Rahami provided as his home in a 2012 passport application . They said a second phone shipped to the same place was used in the bomb that blew up in Chelsea . A third phone , one found with the other Chelsea bomb , was once registered to one of Rahami ' s family members , the documents said . Investigators also said they used surveillance video to tie Rahami to the Chelsea bombs , with cameras putting him near the explosion site about 37 minutes before the blast and near where the other bomb was found two minutes after the first one went off . That second video , they said , showed him pulling a suitcase and then a short time later walking without it . The documents contain some pieces of writing from a journal found on Rahami when he was arrested . The messages include praise of American - born cleric Anwar al - Awlaki , who killed by a U . S . drone strike in Yemen in 2011 , and " Brother Osama Bin Laden , " the former head of al - Qaida who was killed by U . S . forces in Pakistan in 2011 . " Inshallah the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets . Gun shots to your police . Death To Your OPPRESSION , " one message reads . The FBI said Tuesday it assessed Rahami ' s activities in 2014 after his father told agents he was concerned about his son ' s possible involvement with extremists . The agency found insufficient evidence to warrant further investigation . Rahami was born in Afghanistan , came to the U . S . at age 7 and became a naturalized American citizen .

Investigators: NY Bombing Suspect Bought Parts on eBayFederal investigators say the suspect in Saturday's bombings in New York and New Jersey bought components on eBay and used as triggering devices cell phones purchased from a store 500 meters from an address he once listed as his home.The details are contained in criminal complaints made public Tuesday spelling out multiple federal charges against 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami. Most of the charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.Authorities arrested Rahami on Monday after an exchange of gunfire with police that left him and two officers wounded.According to the court documents, investigators believe Rahami used an eBay account with the username "ahmad rahami" to buy citric acid, a circuit board, electric igniters and hundreds of ball bearings between June 20 and August 10. The items were shipped to a business in Perth Amboy, New Jersey where Rahami worked until September 12.Ball bearings were found in two pressure cooker bombs placed four blocks apart in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York late Saturday. One of them exploded, injuring 29 people, while the other was recovered intact. Investigators said the second bomb had "numerous" electric igniters.Ahmad Khan Rahami is taken into custody after a shootout with police Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.That second device was tested for fingerprints, and the criminal complaint said all 12 prints found were matches for Rahami. The documents say his prints were also found on items inside of a backpack that was discovered late Sunday at a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey, just outside of New York. The bag contained multiple explosive devices, including one that blew up as police tried to disarm it with a robot.Authorities also tied Rahami to a bomb that blew up in a trash can in Seaside Park, New Jersey early Saturday.That link involved one of the cell phones that investigators said were shipped last year to a store in Perth Amboy near the address that Rahami provided as his home in a 2012 passport application. They said a second phone shipped to the same place was used in the bomb that blew up in Chelsea.A third phone, one found with the other Chelsea bomb, was once registered to one of Rahami's family members, the documents said.Investigators also said they used surveillance video to tie Rahami to the Chelsea bombs, with cameras putting him near the explosion site about 37 minutes before the blast and near where the other bomb was found two minutes after the first one went off. That second video, they said, showed him pulling a suitcase and then a short time later walking without it.The documents contain some pieces of writing from a journal found on Rahami when he was arrested. The messages include praise of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who killed by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2011, and "Brother Osama Bin Laden," the former head of al-Qaida who was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan in 2011."Inshallah the sounds of the bombs will be heard in the streets. Gun shots to your police. Death To Your OPPRESSION," one message reads.The FBI said Tuesday it assessed Rahami's activities in 2014 after his father told agents he was concerned about his son's possible involvement with extremists.The agency found insufficient evidence to warrant further investigation.Rahami was born in Afghanistan, came to the U.S. at age 7 and became a naturalized American citizen.

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Accused Boston Bomber Says Satisfied With Defense Lawyers BOSTON — The Boston Marathon bombing suspect , in his first court appearance in more than a year , told a judge on Thursday that he was satisfied with his lawyers ' preparations for the January start of his trial over the deadly 2013 attack . Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , 21 , was dressed in a dark sweater and wore his hair shaggy for his appearance at U . S . District Court , where he will be tried on charges of killing three people and injuring more than 260 with two homemade bombs at the race ' s crowded finish line on April 15 , 2013 , as well as fatally shooting a university police officer three days later . The defendant , who had grown a light beard , appeared in a courtroom packed with victims , supporters and curious onlookers . Tsarnaev looked alert and healthy , showing no signs of the injuries suffered during a gunbattle with police on the night of April 18 , 2013 , that ended with the death of his brother , Tamerlan , also accused with playing a role in the attack . In his prior court appearance , in July 2013 , Tsarnaev ' s left arm was in a cast and his face appeared swollen . U . S . District Judge George O ' Toole asked Tsarnaev if he was satisfied with his defense attorneys in a series of questions intended to avoid any post - trial assertions that he was not provided a proper defense . " Yes , your honor , " Tsarnaev replied briefly to questions about whether his attorneys were keeping him abreast of court developments . He looked somewhat fidgety during the 25 - minute hearing . O ' Toole also said that many of the court documents filed under seal ahead of the trial will be made public after the jury is seated in January . ' Stay strong ' Tsarnaev faces the possibility of execution if convicted in a trial that is expected to run for three months . The court plans to weed through more than 1 , 000 people to find 12 jurors and six alternates to hear the case . At the hearing ' s conclusion , Elena Teyer , 45 , whose son - in - law Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot by FBI agents in Florida during an interview about his friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the weeks after the bombing , shouted support to Tsarnaev in Russian . Outside court , she translated her words for reporters as " Dzhokhar , we know you ' re innocent . . . stay strong , son . " A resident of Savannah , Georgia , Teyer said she had traveled to Boston specifically for the hearing . " You know how hard it is when you have no one near you who is going to support you , " Teyer said . Thursday ' s hearing is the final pre - trial conference in Tsarnaev ' s case . In the weeks leading up to the trial , prosecutors and defense attorneys are disputing a range of issues including how much they must disclose about the witnesses they plan to call . The Tsarnaev brothers had moved to the United States from Russia ' s restive Chechnya region a decade before the attack . Dzhokhar left a scrawled note inside the dry - docked boat where he was captured in Watertown , Massachusetts , a day after the shootout , indicating that the marathon attack had been motivated by U . S . military campaigns in Muslim countries . Tsarnaev ' s attorneys had asked that the trial be held outside Boston , contending that since hundreds of thousands of spectators attend the Boston Marathon , it would be all but impossible to find an impartial panel of people who had not been present the day of the attack or known someone who had been . O ' Toole had previously denied that request , noting the court had recently seated juries in other high - profile cases , including the 2013 trial of former mob boss James " Whitey " Bulger , who was found guilty of racketeering and murder . On his way into court , one of the bombing ' s victims , Marc Fucarile , confronted a small group of protesters who asserted the evidence of the bombing was fabricated . Fucarile grabbed the prosthetic limb that replaced the right leg he lost in the bombing , saying he considered that proof enough . Asked about the incident , Fucarile said , " They have a right to their opinion , same as anybody else . "

Accused Boston Bomber Says Satisfied With Defense LawyersBOSTON — The Boston Marathon bombing suspect, in his first court appearance in more than a year, told a judge on Thursday that he was satisfied with his lawyers' preparations for the January start of his trial over the deadly 2013 attack.Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, was dressed in a dark sweater and wore his hair shaggy for his appearance at U.S. District Court, where he will be tried on charges of killing three people and injuring more than 260 with two homemade bombs at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013, as well as fatally shooting a university police officer three days later.The defendant, who had grown a light beard, appeared in a courtroom packed with victims, supporters and curious onlookers.Tsarnaev looked alert and healthy, showing no signs of the injuries suffered during a gunbattle with police on the night of April 18, 2013, that ended with the death of his brother, Tamerlan, also accused with playing a role in the attack. In his prior court appearance, in July 2013, Tsarnaev's left arm was in a cast and his face appeared swollen.U.S. District Judge George O'Toole asked Tsarnaev if he was satisfied with his defense attorneys in a series of questions intended to avoid any post-trial assertions that he was not provided a proper defense."Yes, your honor," Tsarnaev replied briefly to questions about whether his attorneys were keeping him abreast of court developments. He looked somewhat fidgety during the 25-minute hearing.O'Toole also said that many of the court documents filed under seal ahead of the trial will be made public after the jury is seated in January.'Stay strong'Tsarnaev faces the possibility of execution if convicted in a trial that is expected to run for three months. The court plans to weed through more than 1,000 people to find 12 jurors and six alternates to hear the case.At the hearing's conclusion, Elena Teyer, 45, whose son-in-law Ibragim Todashev was fatally shot by FBI agents in Florida during an interview about his friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in the weeks after the bombing, shouted support to Tsarnaev in Russian.Outside court, she translated her words for reporters as "Dzhokhar, we know you're innocent ... stay strong, son."A resident of Savannah, Georgia, Teyer said she had traveled to Boston specifically for the hearing."You know how hard it is when you have no one near you who is going to support you," Teyer said.Thursday's hearing is the final pre-trial conference in Tsarnaev's case. In the weeks leading up to the trial, prosecutors and defense attorneys are disputing a range of issues including how much they must disclose about the witnesses they plan to call.The Tsarnaev brothers had moved to the United States from Russia's restive Chechnya region a decade before the attack.Dzhokhar left a scrawled note inside the dry-docked boat where he was captured in Watertown, Massachusetts, a day after the shootout, indicating that the marathon attack had been motivated by U.S. military campaigns in Muslim countries.Tsarnaev's attorneys had asked that the trial be held outside Boston, contending that since hundreds of thousands of spectators attend the Boston Marathon, it would be all but impossible to find an impartial panel of people who had not been present the day of the attack or known someone who had been.O'Toole had previously denied that request, noting the court had recently seated juries in other high-profile cases, including the 2013 trial of former mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was found guilty of racketeering and murder.On his way into court, one of the bombing's victims, Marc Fucarile, confronted a small group of protesters who asserted the evidence of the bombing was fabricated. Fucarile grabbed the prosthetic limb that replaced the right leg he lost in the bombing, saying he considered that proof enough.Asked about the incident, Fucarile said, "They have a right to their opinion, same as anybody else."

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How Many US Troops Were Killed By Iranian IEDs in Iraq ? Far fewer than Congress thinks , according to newly declassified documents from U . S . Central Command . Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five - and - a - half - year period , according to recently declassified Pentagon documents . That ’ s about half as many deaths as lawmakers have attributed to the bombs , which U . S . officials say were largely supplied by Iran ’ s elite Quds Force . The carnage wrought by EFPs returned to the news over the summer , as opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran cited Tehran ’ s behind - the - scenes actions against U . S . troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a reason to scuttle the agreement . Sen . Ted Cruz , a Texas Republican who is also running for president , and others in Congress have said that EFPs had killed more than 500 troops . “ I understand that the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency has a classified list of roughly 500 American soldiers who were murdered by Iranian IEDs , ” Cruz said at a July 29 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing . But data from U . S . Central Command , which runs U . S . military operations in the Middle East , suggests the actual toll is far less . According to the first comprehensive accounting , between November 2005 and December 2011 , 1 , 526 EFPs killed a total of 196 U . S . troops and injured 861 . Between October 2006 and September 2007 , EFPs killed 97 U . S . troops and wounded more than 300 soldiers . EFP attacks peaked in March , April and May 2008 , near the end of the American troop surge , when 200 of the bombs were detonated . The deadliest month was April 2008 , when EFPs killed 15 U . S . soldiers . The Pentagon attributes the presence of EFPs in Iraq to the Quds Force , the special forces arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard led by Qasem Soleimani . Various EFP “ factories ” were found throughout Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom . Still , the exact degree to which Iran bears culpability for arming Shia militias in Iraq with EFPs and related equipment is a matter of some dispute . “ We weren ’ t always able to attribute the casualties that we had to Iranian activity , although many times we suspected it was Iranian activity , even though we didn ' t necessarily have the forensics to support that , ” Gen . Joseph Dunford , the incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , said at his July 9 confirmation hearing . During the hearing , Dunford said the numbers of American soldiers killed by Iran “ has been recently quoted as about 500 . ” CENTCOM later clarified that Dunford was referring to total American deaths by EFPs and other Iranian weapons . It is “ important to understand that the CENTCOM statistics on EFP detonations are a subset of all the Iranian activities estimated to have killed approximately 500 U . S . troops in Iraq during OIF , ” Maj . Genieve David , a CENTCOM spokeswoman , said in an email . Data about the roughly 300 deaths not caused by EFPs , including the kind of weapons used in the attacks , is classified , David said . A few weeks later , at the July 29 hearing , Gen . Martin Dempsey , the outgoing Joint Chiefs chairman , said “ several hundred ” American forces were killed by EFPs . Phil Novack , a spokesman for Cruz , told Defense One that the Senator ' s office is working with the Pentagon to get specific numbers . He said Cruz used the 500 number based on Dunford ' s testimony . Cruz “ asked Secretary Carter to inform the families of the 500 service members who were killed by Iranian EFPs that their loved ones were murdered by the same man who will now receive sanctions relief , ” Novack said in an email . “ Whether the number is 500 lives or 196 is immaterial ; the fact remains that General Soleimani — a man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American service members — will receive sanctions relief to the tune of millions of dollars if this deal is approved . " The arrival of EFPs on the Iraqi battlefield around 2005 came as a shock to U . S . planners . Along with more run - of - the - mill improvised explosive devices , the deadly bombs drove a crash effort to create and deploy vehicles with far better armor . Whereas most roadside bombs send energy and shrapnel in all directions , EFPs work more like cannons . The force of the blast molds a concave metal disc , called a liner , into a “ formed penetrator ” which is propelled at up to 3 , 000 meters per second . The effect is incredibly destructive , even to up - armored Humvees . “ You can do as much or more damage with a 5 - pound EFP , which is aimed , as with a 200 - pound conventional IED , ” a Pentagon analyst told Los Angeles Times writer Andrew Cockburn in 2007 . The analyst speculated that the cost to construct such a device was about $ 30 or less . They ’ ve been around since at least World War II , when resistance elements in Europe used them against Germans , Cockburn wrote . Among the other Iranian arms introduced to the Iraqi battlefield is the improvised rocket assisted munition , described in one Joint IED Defeat Organization document as “ a rocket - fired improvised explosive device made from a large metal canister — such as a propane gas tank — filled with explosives , scrap metal and ball bearings and propelled by rockets . ” First seen in Iraq in 2007 , the IRAM — “ essentially an airborne version of a roadside bomb — a flying IED ” is ” the signature weapon used by Iranian - backed militias that operate with the aid of Iran ’ s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Group , ” the undated document says .

How Many US Troops Were Killed By Iranian IEDs in Iraq?Far fewer than Congress thinks, according to newly declassified documents from U.S. Central Command.Explosively formed penetrators — a particularly deadly form of roadside bomb — killed 196 American soldiers in Iraq over a five-and-a-half-year period, according to recently declassified Pentagon documents.That’s about half as many deaths as lawmakers have attributed to the bombs, which U.S. officials say were largely supplied by Iran’s elite Quds Force.The carnage wrought by EFPs returned to the news over the summer, as opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran cited Tehran’s behind-the-scenes actions against U.S. troops during Operation Iraqi Freedom as a reason to scuttle the agreement.Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican who is also running for president, and others in Congress have said that EFPs had killed more than 500 troops.“I understand that the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency has a classified list of roughly 500 American soldiers who were murdered by Iranian IEDs,” Cruz said at a July 29 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.But data from U.S. Central Command, which runs U.S. military operations in the Middle East, suggests the actual toll is far less.According to the first comprehensive accounting, between November 2005 and December 2011, 1,526 EFPs killed a total of 196 U.S. troops and injured 861.Between October 2006 and September 2007, EFPs killed 97 U.S. troops and wounded more than 300 soldiers.EFP attacks peaked in March, April and May 2008, near the end of the American troop surge, when 200 of the bombs were detonated.The deadliest month was April 2008, when EFPs killed 15 U.S. soldiers.The Pentagon attributes the presence of EFPs in Iraq to the Quds Force, the special forces arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard led by Qasem Soleimani.Various EFP “factories” were found throughout Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.Still, the exact degree to which Iran bears culpability for arming Shia militias in Iraq with EFPs and related equipment is a matter of some dispute.“We weren’t always able to attribute the casualties that we had to Iranian activity, although many times we suspected it was Iranian activity, even though we didn't necessarily have the forensics to support that,” Gen. Joseph Dunford, the incoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at his July 9 confirmation hearing.During the hearing, Dunford said the numbers of American soldiers killed by Iran “has been recently quoted as about 500.”CENTCOM later clarified that Dunford was referring to total American deaths by EFPs and other Iranian weapons.It is “important to understand that the CENTCOM statistics on EFP detonations are a subset of all the Iranian activities estimated to have killed approximately 500 U.S. troops in Iraq during OIF,” Maj. Genieve David, a CENTCOM spokeswoman, said in an email.Data about the roughly 300 deaths not caused by EFPs, including the kind of weapons used in the attacks, is classified, David said.A few weeks later, at the July 29 hearing, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the outgoing Joint Chiefs chairman, said “several hundred” American forces were killed by EFPs.Phil Novack, a spokesman for Cruz, told Defense One that the Senator's office is working with the Pentagon to get specific numbers.He said Cruz used the 500 number based on Dunford's testimony.Cruz “asked Secretary Carter to inform the families of the 500 service members who were killed by Iranian EFPs that their loved ones were murdered by the same man who will now receive sanctions relief,” Novack said in an email.“Whether the number is 500 lives or 196 is immaterial; the fact remains that General Soleimani — a man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American service members — will receive sanctions relief to the tune of millions of dollars if this deal is approved."The arrival of EFPs on the Iraqi battlefield around 2005 came as a shock to U.S. planners.Along with more run-of-the-mill improvised explosive devices, the deadly bombs drove a crash effort to create and deploy vehicles with far better armor.Whereas most roadside bombs send energy and shrapnel in all directions, EFPs work more like cannons.The force of the blast molds a concave metal disc, called a liner, into a “formed penetrator” which is propelled at up to 3,000 meters per second.The effect is incredibly destructive, even to up-armored Humvees.“You can do as much or more damage with a 5-pound EFP, which is aimed, as with a 200-pound conventional IED,” a Pentagon analyst told Los Angeles Times writer Andrew Cockburn in 2007.The analyst speculated that the cost to construct such a device was about $30 or less.They’ve been around since at least World War II, when resistance elements in Europe used them against Germans, Cockburn wrote.Among the other Iranian arms introduced to the Iraqi battlefield is the improvised rocket assisted munition, described in one Joint IED Defeat Organization document as “a rocket-fired improvised explosive device made from a large metal canister — such as a propane gas tank — filled with explosives, scrap metal and ball bearings and propelled by rockets.”First seen in Iraq in 2007, the IRAM — “essentially an airborne version of a roadside bomb — a flying IED” is ”the signature weapon used by Iranian-backed militias that operate with the aid of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Group,” the undated document says.

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Pressure Cookers , Nails , BBs , and Bags : What We Know About the Boston Bombs More Stories The 140 - Year - Old Dream of ‘ Government Without Taxation ’ The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U . S . Soil France ’ s Jews Look to Pittsburgh ‘ Across a Narrow Bridge ’ There were only two bombs In the hours following the explosions , an array of outlets — including the Associated Press , The Wall Street Journal , and The New York Times — quoted anonymous law enforcement officials who said that police had discovered three and even five additional , unexploded devices around the Boston area . The reports emerged around the same time that , as first reported by The Boston Globe , a bomb squad arranged and detonated a " controlled explosion " on Boylston Street , just east of the first two explosions , in order to destroy a cache of " suspicious packages " that officials had come across . A similar scene played out in the Boston suburb of Newton , where a bomb squad used a robot to investigate a suspicious object that turned to be a circuit board . Monday night , the Journal quoted law enforcement officials as saying there had been five devices , then updated its report to clarify that " investigators now doubt the devices were bombs . " But during Tuesday morning ' s press conference , Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that law enforcement agents had not in fact discovered any other bombs . " It ' s important to clarify that two and only two explosive devices were found yesterday . Other parcels have been examined . . . but there were no unexploded bombs , " he told reporters . The bombs may have been based in pressure cookers A representative of Boston Children ' s Hospital said at Tuesday afternoon press briefing that children being treated for injuries " had BBs and nails embedded in their bodies , " which were presumably packed into or around the bombs in order to maximize damage . ( Massachusetts Congressman Stephen Lynch , reiterating what doctors at multiple hospitals had reported at briefings of their own Monday night , told Yahoo News that many victims were struck by what appeared to be metal ball bearings . ) The exact design of the bombs , of course , remains unclear . Citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation , the Associated Press reported on Tuesday morning that investigators , upon recovering pieces of the exploded bombs , determined that they were made of 6 - liter pressure cookers , which were packed with ball bearings and metal nails and stuffed into " black duffel bags . " ( CNN described them as " backpacks " . ) On Tuesday afternoon this information was reported by multiple outlets speaking to sources with knowledge of the Boston investigation . This is what your average pressure cooker looks like : It ' s a metal container used to quickly cook food using trapped steam . ( The cooker ' s contents are heated using a stove or a built - in heating element , in the case of electric models . ) You can buy one pretty much anywhere . For these reasons it makes an attractive container ( to terrible , violent people ) for holding , transporting , and detonating explosive materials . " Terrorists use pressure cookers as IED containers for 2 main reasons , " Israeli journalist Elizabeth Tsurkov explained via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon . " The pressure cooker increases the pressure of the explosion gasses [ and ] and because the metal casings becomes deadly fragmentation upon detonation . " Indeed , there ' s a long history of terrorists employing pressure cookers abroad . On Tuesday morning Time ' s Michael Crowley surfaced a 2004 memo issued by the Department of Homeland Security , cataloging episodes in which Afghan terrorists used pressure cookers to fabricate explosive devices and detonated them in several countries throughout the 2000s . ( Such contraptions are especially prevalent in contested regions of Pakistan . ) American soil is no stranger to these contraptions , either . The foiled terrorist plot to detonate a bomb in Times Square on May 1 , 2010 , involved a pressure cooker . Indeed , nobody in law enforcement or government is making any public connections to any groups or places right now . A Saudi man reported to be a " person of interest " has been cleared as a suspect . As President Obama said at the White House Tuesday : " What we don ' t yet know , however , is who carried out this attack , or why ; whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization , foreign or domestic , or was the act of a malevolent individual . That ' s what we don ' t yet know . And clearly , we ' re at the beginning of our investigation . " In a post expanding on the memo , Time ' s Crowley noted the ease of creating such an explosive device . " The ability to make these bombs is hardly unique to al Qaeda and its sympathizers . Details on how to make a pressure cooker bomb can also be found on websites associated with anarchy and other forms of non - religious radicalism , " he said , before linking to such a website . Other evidence suggests that the bombs were made with readily - available chemicals . New Scientist asked a bomb expert to study the footage of the explosion for clues of the bombs origin . Here ' s what the expert concluded : " The Boston bombs . . . produced an orange flash followed by white smoke . This suggests the bombs contained neither TNT nor RDX , which produce black smoke , but could have been a home - made chlorate - based device . " Update , 5 : 04 p . m . : ABC News is reporting that one of the bombs used gunpowder to detonate . It ' s unclear how the bombs detonated In the same report detailing how the bombs were built , the Associated Press notes , " law enforcement officials have some of the bomb components but [ do ] not yet know what was used to set off the explosives . " In that vacuum of knowledge a number of rumors have appeared : 1 ) the bombs used a timer ; 2 ) the bombs were activated remotely ; 3 ) cell phone service was shut down in downtown Boston to avert other remotely - activated bombs ; and 4 ) a mysterious roof - top figure captured in a single photo has something to do with setting off the bomb . Rumor No . 1 appears to be the strongest . After speaking to an official close to the investigation , CNN knocked down rumors ( discussed below ) that the bomb had been detonated using a cell phone - activated trigger , and reported that investigators in Boston think the bombs had timers attached to them instead . And , within minutes of CNN ' s report , the Globe reported that investigators had turned up a circuit board they believe was used to trigger the explosions ; it was reportedly found near a spot where Gov . Patrick had been seated earlier in the day .

Pressure Cookers, Nails, BBs, and Bags: What We Know About the Boston BombsMore StoriesThe 140-Year-Old Dream of ‘Government Without Taxation’The Media Barely Covered One of the Worst Storms to Hit U.S. SoilFrance’s Jews Look to Pittsburgh ‘Across a Narrow Bridge’There were only two bombsIn the hours following the explosions, an array of outlets — including the Associated Press,TheWall Street Journal, andThe New York Times— quoted anonymous law enforcement officials who said that police had discovered three and even five additional, unexploded devices around the Boston area.The reports emerged around the same time that, as first reported byThe Boston Globe, a bomb squad arranged and detonated a "controlled explosion" on Boylston Street, just east of the first two explosions, in order to destroy a cache of "suspicious packages" that officials had come across.A similar scene played out in the Boston suburb of Newton, where a bomb squad used a robot to investigate a suspicious object that turned to be a circuit board.Monday night, theJournalquoted law enforcement officials as saying there had been five devices, then updated its report to clarify that "investigators now doubt the devices were bombs."But during Tuesday morning's press conference, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that law enforcement agents had not in fact discovered any other bombs."It's important to clarify that two and only two explosive devices were found yesterday.Other parcels have been examined ... but there were no unexploded bombs," he told reporters.The bombs may have been based in pressure cookersA representative of Boston Children's Hospital said at Tuesday afternoon press briefing that children being treated for injuries "had BBs and nails embedded in their bodies," which were presumably packed into or around the bombs in order to maximize damage.(Massachusetts Congressman Stephen Lynch, reiterating what doctors at multiple hospitals had reported at briefings of their own Monday night, told Yahoo News that many victims were struck by what appeared to be metal ball bearings.)The exact design of the bombs, of course, remains unclear.Citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday morning that investigators, upon recovering pieces of the exploded bombs, determined that they were made of 6-liter pressure cookers, which were packed with ball bearings and metal nails and stuffed into "black duffel bags."(CNN described them as "backpacks".)On Tuesday afternoon this information was reported by multiple outlets speaking to sources with knowledge of the Boston investigation.This is what your average pressure cooker looks like:It's a metal container used to quickly cook food using trapped steam.(The cooker's contents are heated using a stove or a built-in heating element, in the case of electric models.)You can buy one pretty much anywhere.For these reasons it makes an attractive container (to terrible, violent people) for holding, transporting, and detonating explosive materials."Terrorists use pressure cookers as IED containers for 2 main reasons," Israeli journalist Elizabeth Tsurkov explained via Twitter on Tuesday afternoon."The pressure cooker increases the pressure of the explosion gasses [and] and because the metal casings becomes deadly fragmentation upon detonation."Indeed, there's a long history of terrorists employing pressure cookers abroad.On Tuesday morningTime's Michael Crowley surfaced a 2004 memo issued by the Department of Homeland Security, cataloging episodes in which Afghan terrorists used pressure cookers to fabricate explosive devices and detonated them in several countries throughout the 2000s.(Such contraptions are especially prevalent in contested regions of Pakistan.)American soil is no stranger to these contraptions, either.The foiled terrorist plot to detonate a bomb in Times Square on May 1, 2010, involved a pressure cooker.Indeed, nobody in law enforcement or government is making any public connections to any groups or places right now.A Saudi man reported to be a "person of interest" has been cleared as a suspect.As President Obama said at the White House Tuesday: "What we don't yet know, however, is who carried out this attack, or why; whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was the act of a malevolent individual.That's what we don't yet know.And clearly, we're at the beginning of our investigation."In a post expanding on the memo,Time's Crowley noted the ease of creating such an explosive device."The ability to make these bombs is hardly unique to al Qaeda and its sympathizers.Details on how to make a pressure cooker bomb can also be found on websites associated with anarchy and other forms of non-religious radicalism," he said, before linking to such a website.Other evidence suggests that the bombs were made with readily-available chemicals.New Scientistasked a bomb expert to study the footage of the explosion for clues of the bombs origin.Here's what the expert concluded: "The Boston bombs ... produced an orange flash followed by white smoke.This suggests the bombs contained neither TNT nor RDX, which produce black smoke, but could have been a home-made chlorate-based device."Update, 5:04 p.m.:ABC News is reporting that one of the bombs used gunpowder to detonate.It's unclear how the bombs detonatedIn the same report detailing how the bombs were built, the Associated Press notes, "law enforcement officials have some of the bomb components but [do] not yet know what was used to set off the explosives."In that vacuum of knowledge a number of rumors have appeared: 1) the bombs used a timer; 2) the bombs were activated remotely; 3) cell phone service was shut down in downtown Boston to avert other remotely-activated bombs; and 4) a mysterious roof-top figure captured in a single photo hassomethingto do with setting off the bomb.Rumor No.1 appears to be the strongest.After speaking to an official close to the investigation, CNN knocked down rumors (discussed below) that the bomb had been detonated using a cell phone-activated trigger, and reported that investigators in Boston think the bombs had timers attached to them instead.And, within minutes of CNN's report, theGlobereported that investigators had turned up a circuit board they believe was used to trigger the explosions; it was reportedly found near a spot where Gov.Patrick had been seated earlier in the day.

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