Welcome to the Counter-IED Report website, one-stop information and news source for Counter-IED professionals worldwide. The Counter-IED Report is a leading international subscription-based publication, which serves as an information source to communicate the latest developments in the fight against the IED threat. The aim of the Counter-IED Report is to identify technological advances as well as strategies and tactics for countering threat networks, reduce IED manufacture and placement, assist post-conflict humanitarian demining and capacity building efforts worldwide. We strive to deliver an up-to-date, first-hand expert knowledge, and facilitate information sharing between stakeholders, academia and the industry. The report is published in print, eBook and PDF formats, and distributed worldwide. The distribution is tailored to the highly engaged audience of EOD, CIED, CBRNe, Defence, Law Enforcement, CT and Security professionals and senior decision makers in government, public and private sectors. Additional print copies of the Report are also distributed at the relevant Defence and Security events through our Media Partnership Programme.
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- UK: People told to avoid ‘dangerous’ magnet fishing after Leeds bomb scares
July 31, 2020
People are being told to avoid “dangerous” magnet fishing in West Yorkshire. That’s the message from Canal & River Trust following several bomb scares, which have been caused by magnet fisherman hauling items out of the waterways. Businesses and drivers were left to face major disruption on Wednesday, July 29, after two magnet fishermen pulled a rusty ...
- EOD Airmen ruck to Arctic Circle
July 31, 2020
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — U.S Airmen from the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight render a salute during a ceremony on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 31, 2020. The ceremony was held to honor the 32 EOD Airmen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. (U.S. Air ...
- Nigeria: 3 hours after Zulum returns to Maiduguri, multiple explosions rock city
July 31, 2020
Many people were reportedly dead in multiple explosions that rocked some parts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital. The incident took place nearly three hours when Governor Babagana Zulum, who survived twin attacks on his convoy in Baga and Gajiram general areas returned back to Maiduguri safely. Sources told our Correspondent that four Improvised Explosive Devices, EIDs, ...
- Preserving Lives on the Battlefield
July 31, 2020
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC) has learned valuable lessons by studying the Second Battle of Fallujah, which took place in Iraq between November and December 2004. Military historians called it some of the heaviest urban combat that U.S. Marines and Soldiers had seen since the Battle of Hue City in Vietnam ...
- UK: Unexploded shells detonated in control explosions in Sandwich
July 30, 2020
Several huge thumps heard by residents in parts of Kent were unexploded army shells being detonated. The army bomb disposal team was called to Sandwich Bay after a total of 11 wartime munitions were found in the sand. The finds, made by metal detectorists Glenn Evans and Rob Bergin yesterday, consisted mostly of anti-aircraft shells, with one ...
- New Mexico: Explosive device discovered in Carlsbad home
July 30, 2020
Eddy County Sheriff’s deputies discovered an improvised explosive device (IED) while executing a search warrant at a Carlsbad residence on Wednesday. Eddy County Sheriff Mark Cage said members of the Violent Crime Suppression Unit and Community Action Team were looking for firearms, ammunition and narcotics at the home in the 800 block of North Guadalupe Street. However, ...
- 3 Assam Rifles soldiers killed near India-Myanmar border
July 30, 2020
Three Assam Rifles personnel were killed and five injured in an ambush near India-Myanmar border at Chandel area in Manipur on Wednesday night. Thereafter they came under heavy fire from the members of an insurgent group. “On 29 July, 2020, an area domination patrol in Khongtal, Chandel dist, Manipur. At 18:45 hrs the patrol party got ambushed ...
- Eight charged with criminal activity during late-May protest in Pittsburgh
July 29, 2020
Eight Pennsylvanians have been federally charged with criminal activity during protests in downtown Pittsburgh at the end of May, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady said Wednesday. Prosecutors allege the charged people engaged in violent demonstrations on May 30 as others peacefully demonstrated as part of protests over the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “Throwing [improvised explosive ...
- Seattle police found van full of improvised explosives, spike strips, and stun guns at riot
July 29, 2020
Seattle police said they impounded a van full of explosives, stun guns, and improvised spike strips after witnessing protesters passing out items during the violent protests on Saturday. “Over the past several weeks we have seen many demonstrations throughout the city. Many demonstrators have been peaceful, however, many have not,” said Best. “Since July 19th, we have ...
- Bangladesh: Bomb explodes at Pallabi police station, 5 injured
July 29, 2020
A bomb explosion at Pallabi police station compound in Dhaka has left five people, including four policemen, injured. The incident occurred at around 6am on Wednesday. Pallabi police station Officer-in-Charge Nazrul Islam said a police team recovered the bomb, which was hidden inside a digital weighing machine commonly used in general stores, during an operation in Pallabi’s ...
- Estonia: 25 explosives disarmed by EOD teams in Saaremaa on Monday
July 28, 2020
On Monday, Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) teams from the Rescue Board rendered a total of 25 pieces of war-era ordnance harmless on Saaremaa. Spokespeople for the rescue center for West Estonia told BNS that 12 mortar mines and two hand grenades found in the course of forestry work in the Imara village were disarmed, as well ...
- Landmines, improvised explosive devices pose deadly risks for displaced in Sahel and Lake Chad
July 28, 2020
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for stronger efforts to mitigate the risks for refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs) posed by landmines and improvised explosive devices in Africa’s conflict-ridden Sahel and Lake Chad basin regions. Since the beginning of 2020, there has been a growing number of fatal incidents involving forcibly displaced populations. Mines, ...
- Jammu and Kashmir: Militant Trying To Sneak Into J&K Killed
July 28, 2020
An unidentified militant on Tuesday was killed while trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir through Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, officials said Tuesday. According to official sources, the security forces noticed the movement of a group of five militants on the other side of the fence in Samhani Bagsar area in Naushera sector ...
- UN urges parties to prioritize protection of civilians and start talks
July 27, 2020
The first half of 2020 witnessed fluctuating levels of violence impacting civilians in Afghanistan, with the United Nations documenting 3,458 civilian casualties (1,282 killed and 2,176 injured), according to a new report released today. While the civilian casualty figures represent a 13 per cent decrease as compared to the first six months of 2019, Afghanistan remains ...
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