Reading an online article today I came across this:
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Adding to the tension in Baghdad, a car bomb exploded Wednesday on the road to the international airport, killing only the driver, while a roadside bomb blew up near a U.S. vehicle but caused no casualties, the U.S. army said.
"There was a VBIED [vehicle-borne improvised explosive device] on the airport road but there were no civilians around and no multinational forces," said spokesman Major Philip Smith.
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What is it that they always have to come up with complicated names and acronyms to explain simple concepts? Never did get that.
Though I have to say, despite themsevlves, they are good for a laugh!
