EOD, IED, UXO (acronyms seen discussing Iraq)

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IED + IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE--19,200 Google hits, 1,090 Google Groups hits
UXO + UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE--24,100 Google hits, 424 Google Groups hits
EOD + EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL--33,900 Google hits, 682 Google Groups hits
WMD + WEAPONS + MASS--412,000 Google hits, 79,800 Google Groups hits
 
   These are some terms--besides WMD--in use in Iraq.  EOD and IED and UXO 
and even WMD are all not in OED.
   These are not in the Word Spy, either...About a day ago, the Word Spy had 
"right shoring" that I did here over a month ago.
    
  
(GOOGLE GROUPS)  ("IED")
Re: Iraq violence: It's not anti-US, it's anti-freedom
... Other important weapons for the Iraqis are 60mm and 81mm mortars, simple 
weapons
that are of pre-WWII designs, and IED's they cobble together themselves from 
... 
soc.culture.iraq - Nov 2, 2003 by David T - View Thread (96 articles)
  
Progress Report 03-07-85
... weapons company discovered an incomplete assembled improvised explosive 
device consisting
of a 120 mm round with a grenade attached to it. The IED was located ... 
soc.retirement - Jul 28, 2003 by Troy - View Thread (1 article)
  
  
(GOOGLE GROUPS) )"UXO")
Fwd: CAM: Closeup on landmines (VOA)
... GROUND TO CHECK FOR ANY STEEL FRAGMENTS OR MINES OR UXO'S (UNEXPLODED ... 
WITH MINE AWARENESS
IN COUNTRIES LIKE CAMBODIA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRAQ, ANGOLA, LAOS. ... 
bit.listserv.seasia-l - Nov 2, 1996 by Alex G Bardsley - View Thread (1 
article)
  
[CUR EVT] Lao repatriation report
... agencies. Also included is a section on UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) removal
in Laos, and a background of the country. Anyone interested ... 
soc.history.war.vietnam - Jan 21, 1996 by Gil Carroll - View Thread (1 
article)
        
  
(GOOGLE GROUPS) ("EOD")
A fine day in the desert
... The day's activities included a demonstration of explosive devices by the 
USAF's 2701st Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron, a static test 
firing of a ... 
sci.military - Jun 12, 1990 by C_LIBURN - View Thread (6 articles)  

  
 
(GOOGLE)
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... Iraqi (IZ), Improvised Explosive Device (IED), Iraqi Civil ... TTPs), 
Unexploded Ordnance
(UXO), Vehicle (veh), Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED ... 
www.peacereporter.net/it/canali/bollettino/040225bollettiniraq/ 
03_apr_threat_update.pdf - Similar pages 
Acronyms: U.S. citizen (AMCIT ), Ammunition storage point (ASP), Artillery (
arty), Attack (attk), Coalition Forces (CF), Civilian 
Military Operations Center (CMOC), Coalition Iraqi National Unity (CINU
),Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), Detonating (Det), 
Facility Protection Service (FPS) Hand grenade (HG), Iraqi (IZ), Improvised 
Explosive Device (IED), Iraqi Civil Defense Corps 
(ICDC), Improvised Mobile Rocket Launcher (IMRL), Iraqi National Police (INP
), Iraqi Police (IP), Iraqi Currency Exchange (ICE), 
Iraqi Rail Company (IRC), Improvised Rocket Launcher (IRL), Local National (
LN), Mine Strike (MS), Mortar (mrt), Non Tactical 
Vehicle (NTV), Restore Iraqi Electricity (RIE), Rocket (rkt), rounds (rnds), 
Small Arms Fire (SAF), Tactical Control Point (TCP), 
Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs), Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), Vehicle 
(veh), Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Device 
(VBIED), vicinity (vic), Weapons (Wpns). 
  
XTECH Explosive Decontamination Incorporated provides UXO, EOD ...
... staff have extensive backgrounds in Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearance, 
Explosive
Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Improvised Explosive Device (IED) disposal and ... 
www.xtech-uxo.com/Services%202002.htm - 38k - Cached - Similar pages 
  
[PDF] Glossary of terms and acronyms
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... the Red Cross IDP internally displaced person IED improvised explosive 
device IMAS ... United
States Agency for International Development UXO unexploded ordnance ... 
www.gichd.ch/pdf/Guide_to_MA/Guide_MA_glossary.pdf - Similar pages
  
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... Institute for Defense Analyses IED improvised explosive device IFF ... 
Abbreviations/Acronyms
and References A–7 ... procedures JUXOCO Joint UXO Coordination Office ... 
www.wslfweb.org/docs/dstp2000/jwstppdf/18-GLRF.pdf - Similar pages 
  
glossary
... Section I. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Brevity ... BRAC Transition 
Office, IED - Improvised
Explosive Devices, MANSCEN ... Integration Office, UXO - Unexploded Ordnance. 
... 
www.wood.army.mil/drm/glossary2.htm - 49k - Supplemental Result - Cached - 
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