American soldiers and Marines walking combat patrols in Afghanistan have suffered a surge of gruesome injuries, losing one or both legs and often their genitals to crude homemade bombs the Taliban insurgents bury in dirt roads and pathways.
Insurgents often make the bombs using a plastic bucket packed with explosive ammonium nitrite fertilizer and a simple “trigger” made with two sticks of wood or a discarded plastic bottle that completes a circuit and detonates when crushed. The crude components make the bombs more difficult to detect than those once made with metal parts.
Today is memorial day, so in the midst of your barbeques, social excursions and beach outings, reflect on those who are serving our country; for this is what today is really all about.
The lost of our their limbs and their lives our service men and women face, is the sacrifice they make each day.
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