LC-IraqInjuries

Links and Notes: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040601821_pf.html "A Shock Wave of Brain Injuries" by Ronald Glasser - At least 1800 soldiers are currently suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) - IEDs or Improvised Explosive Devices cause a massive wave of pressure that is 1,000 times greater than normal atmospheric pressure. This pressure rattles the brain against the skull and causes the brain to swell. - Bob Woodruff suffered a TBI in Iraq.

http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/read.php?story_id_key=5445 "Brain Injuries High Among Iraq Casualties" by Spc. Chuck Wagner - Between June and October in 2003 of 105 casualties 67 percent include brain injuries. - Kevlar Helmet is not solid enough. - Sgt. Tyler Hall was thrown by a 155 mm howitzer shell - "It's like a pan on your head, held on by shoestring webbing," said Sgt. Tyler Hall of the 14th Combat Engineers, Fort Lewis Washington. - "Day to day I'm getting better. A fog is finally off my eyes. It's frustrating, very frustrating. It's like fighting something you don't see, no one sees, but you can feel it," said Hall

November 7, 2007: Wikipedia's Definition of IED: **improvised explosive device** (**IED**) is a [|bomb] constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional [|military] action. They may be partially comprised of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery round, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs may be used in [|terrorist] actions or in [|unconventional warfare] by [|guerrillas] or [|commando] forces in a [|theater of operations]. In the 2003–present [|Iraq War], IEDs have been used extensively against coalition forces and by the end of 2007 they have been the reason for two-thirds of all US deaths in Iraq.[|[1]] [|[2]] They are also used extensively by cadres of the rebel [|Tamil Tiger] (LTTE) organization against military and civilian targets in [|Sri Lanka].[|[3]][|[4]] IEDs are often placed on the curb of roads so as to detonate at passing vehicles or pedestrians, and so are sometimes known as **roadside bombs**.

http://www.slate.com/id/2175723/ "Technology Lessons From The Iraq War" by: William Saleton IEDs have killed 2,000 soldiers and 20,000 more injured