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(NSFW) Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal Goes Horribly Wrong
Published 2 years ago
Footage from Iraq's war against the Islamic State shows the moment the attempt to defuse an ISIS improvised explosive device (IED) results in the unplanned detonation of the bomb while a group of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) stand very near.
It's not clear what caused the device to detonate. Unlike the Hollywood travesty "The Hurt Locker," real IEDs tend to be very rudimentary in construction and easy to disable. Usually one can just cut the det cord and be done with it. However, their rudimentary construction can also mean that they are unstable, causing them to be prone to premature detonation.
The device was likely built by a man with very little training and was being defused by another man with even less training... a certain recipe for disaster.
