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Why Can't U.S. Military Stop IED Attacks?

By Sharon WeinbergerNov 3rd 2009 – 1:01PM

The death of a British explosives expert in Afghanistan has again highlighted how the crudest of bombs has proved an effective way to combat the world's most technologically advanced militaries. British Staff Sgt. Olaf Sean George Schmid was killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday while defusing a bomb, a tragic end for...

Background on Olaf Schmid

Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid GC (11 June 1979 – 31 October 2009) was a British Army bomb disposal expert (Ammunition Technician) who was killed in action in the Afghanistan conflict.

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