QUOTE(Dr.Satan(QC) @ 04/07/06 8:50am)
Sorry for my ignorance but what is a IED and KIA i know that Kia is a kind of car!!???
Did one of my post disapear to violent??
let me know if we can't post video like that i won't lose time posting them!!
Thanks!!
No problem Satan, no such things as ignorant questions most of the time-- many times its not asking the questions that's ignorant.
IED =
Improvised
Exploding
Device
which has come to mean those somewhat 'non-conventional' Roadside bombs, boobytraps you see blowing up to varying degrees in your video-> from 'tiny' to enormous. Usually made from ad-hoc [custom designed/put together from whatever materials available] explosives... mines/artillery shells/grenades/explosive charges/timers etc,.
here's a link on a discussion about how the morons in Washington/Rumsfeld dragged their feet for a long time on not adapting fast enough to protect patrolling US ground forces early in the war in face of the growing threat of IEDs.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/ju...armor_12-9.htmlKIA = Killed In Action
A few others you might see once in a while;
MIA = Missing In Action
AWOL = Absent Without Leave
FUBAR [saving private ryan] = f'd up beyond all recognition
SNAFU = Situation Normal! All F'd Up