From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use
Ammonium nitrate / Baghouz / bulldozer / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Front-end loader / frontal exterior IEDs / Hajin / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Mosul / Raqqah / SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tal Afar / tent city / VBIED

From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use

In April 2019 I wrote the most comprehensive report of the Islamic State's (hereafter IS) design and use of Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, or SVBIEDs, since the proclamation of the caliphate in 2014. The report, titled "Car Bombs as Weapons of War" and published by the Middle East Institute,…

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August 3, 2019
SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment
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SVBIEDs & The Offensive Role of Heavy Construction Equipment

In historical and contemporary wars alike, the establishment of qualitative defensive fortifications has been one of the, if not the most important aspect of preparing for the possibility of an armed attack by an opposing force. These defensive fortifications typically take the shape of trenches and earth berms either surrounding…

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February 13, 2019
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