Five Dead
On 5/5/07 American forces broke up a Shiite militant cell believed to be
smuggling a new sophisticated armor-piercing Iranian weapon.
Separately, the U.S. announced the deaths of five American soldiers died
from roadside bombs.
The EFP Or Explosive Formed Penetrators
It was announced that these EFP are replacing the IED. American
spokesman say: - 'The number one killer of US troops, the IED, is
quickly being replaced by these EFPs or Shape Charges." The weapons,
which hurl a fist-sized lump of molten copper, can pierce even U.S.
armored vehicles newly designed to deflect roadside bombs.
Muqtada al-Sadr Verifies This
Coalition raids in Sadr City, Baghdad produced 16 suspected members
of a Muqtada al-Sadr militant cell that brought in the Iranian weapons.
