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US soldiers been given training to counter the dangers posed by IEDs

(16 May 2009) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of US soldiers walking in Bagram Airfield 2. Close of anti-vehicle mine on training field 3. Mid of instructor giving information to soldiers about mines 4. Cutaway of arm-badge 5. Trip wire on ground 6. Wide of training session 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colonel Jeffrey Jarkowsky, commander of Joint Task Force Paladin: "The rate of IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) activity has increased over the past several years and we expect the same this year. In fact to exceed over 50 percent. That's based both on our understanding that the enemy is going to increase his activity if he can and also his responding to the introduction of these new forces. More forces means, more opportunity to employ an IED or encounter an IED." 8. Various of soldiers attending a IED awareness training session 9. Soldiers' weapons 10. Various of instructor displaying mines 11. Mid of IEDs 12. Various of soldiers exiting building 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sergeant Major David Puig, US Army: "We don't hide the fact that the service members that conduct this training out here, if they are going to be injured or killed in this theatre of operations, chances are it is going to be from an IED. The IEDs account for more deaths and injuries to our service members, the Afghan security forces, and to the Afghan population than anything else." 14. Various of soldiers walking in the base STORYLINE: As the threat of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) increases in Afghanistan, US soldiers have been given training to counter the dangers posed by them. The US military expects a 50 percent spike this year in roadside and suicide bombings, which surpasses the number of similar strikes in Iraq during the spring. These types of bombs killed 172 coalition forces in 2008, while the Pentagon has said 16 coalition forces were killed in March - April 2009, and many more Afghan civilians. Although far more US troops are deployed in Iraq than Afghanistan, troops have faced more of these bombs each of the last two months in Afghanistan. In April, there were a reported 407 IED incidents aimed at coalition troops in Afghanistan, compared with 346 in Iraq. Colonel Jeffrey Jarkowsky, commander of Joint Task Force Paladin, the counter-IED unit at the main US base at Bagram, trains every US service member in IED awareness and avoidance. His team has classrooms, a bomb-rigged field and a warehouse planted with bomb-filled culverts, trip wires and a disabled motorcycle weighed down with explosives. Most troops who have served in Iraq were trained to look on the side of the paved roads for IEDs. In Afghanistan most bombs are buried in the middle of the dirt roads to strike the underbelly of vehicles. "The rate of IED activity has increased over the past several years and we expect the same this year," said Jarkowsky. "In fact to exceed over 50 percent." Troops who have served previous tours in Afghanistan, when the Taliban insurgency wasn't so violent, say they now confront far more IEDs, and roadside or suicide bombings are up 25 percent the first four months of 2009 compared with the same period last year, said Jarkowsky. "We don't hide the truth from them," said Sergeant Major David Puig. "We tell them if you are going to be killed or injured in Afghanistan, it is probably going to be by an IED." Seeking to mimic the success Iraqi insurgents had with roadside bombs, militants in Afghanistan last year began using bigger charges that can rip a Humvee apart. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...