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Show Thursday. October 14, 2004 HERALD DAILY AA3 Car bomb Continued from AA I ' Si y s the VBIED for arrested after his car bomb failed to explode at a Baghdad police station. In Washington, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said signifi- o wo "vehicle-born- e improvised explosive device" has become the insurgents' weapon of choice, mostly wielded against Iraqi security personnel and American troops bui often soaking the blast area wiih the blood of bystanders. The U.S. command says 59 cor bombs were detonated or discovered before going off last mi nth. the highest total since the war began. The bombs killed 29 Iraqi and multinational soldiers, along with dozens of ; fV cant attacks by insurgent fighters had dropped 10 percent to 20 percent over the last month while the number of attempted big vehicle bombings rose. That suggested insurgents are look- ingto inflict spectacular strikes on large gatherings of people, the official said. Of the car bombings in the last monthi about half involved suicide bombers and half were detonations set off by remote control, the official said. "Obviously they are looking for more lethality, to have more effect on our operations," Capt. Ronald J. Talarico, an engineer with the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade, said of the car bombers. "They've looked at the effects of lEDs (roadside bombs) and saw that their impact was low." Car bombs Offer the insurgents a range of advantages. i m 5 civilians. That record may soon be broken, given the pace of attacks and detections reported by the 30 in the first nine ' military in Baghdad, diiys of October Mosul, Fallujah, Baqouba and elsewhere. In the latest attack, a car bomb killed two U.S. soldiers on Wednesday. Little is known about the suicide bombers. Militant Iraqis, and foreigners drawn to the war, are fighting in small, uncoordinated bands without a supreme leader or even agreement on goals and tactics, which makes it hard for authorities to track. nd, unlike Palestinian mili- . KHAUD CmtinuedfromAAl Bhinkensteijn, chief of vascular surgery at Radbbud Uni- versity Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands. The study was reported in today's New England Journal or tant groups, the insurgents only occasionally claim responsibility for bombings and almost never advertise the names of suicide bombers. ft rate the procedures as equal because the new one appears to result in more long-terpi oblems, such as the patch tearing or slipping out of place. Tiiat makes it preferable for and patients in their mid-70- s ol der who are likely to live only a few more years, he said. They're more frail, so ; they're much more likely to be hurt by the open repair," he m one-four- th one-four- th open. Blankensteijn estimated nearly 50 percent of U.S. aneurysm repairs are done this way. Endografts were approved for U.S. use in 1999. Some ear- - said. The abdominal aorta distrib In one of those rare inci- - , dences, the Tawhid and Jihad terrorist group led by Jordanian extremist Abu Musab last May identified a sui ly versions caused complica- - , tions; one made by Guidant Corp. was pulled from the market in 2003 after the company admitted covering up problems that may have led to deaths. Donna-Be- a Tillman, director of the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Device Evaluation, said there are no signs of safety problems with the three devices now on the market. In the Dutch study of 345 patients, two people who received endografts died, compared with eight who had conventional surgery. On average, the endograf t patients lost less than as much blood, spent as long in intensive care and went home in a week instead of two. In traditional surgery , the stomach is cut open and a polyester patch is sewn over the aneurysm inside the aorta. In the new technique, tiny incisions are made at the groin and a device called an endo-graa polyester patch with a tiny metal scaffold called a is threaded into stent inside place with the use of a thin tube. The patch is unfolded and the stent inflated to hold it Blankensteijn said he suspects continuing follow-u- p of his team's patients and other studies now under way will Press MOHAMMEDAssociated to the spot where a car bomb exploded in Baghdad, Iraq, in this May 22 photo. The U.S. command says 59 car bombs were detonated or discovered before going off last month, the highest total since the war began. The bombs killed 29 Iraqi and multinational soldiers, along with dozens of civilians. possible. of Medicine. J An Iraqi man rushes utes blood to the lower body. In about 6 percent, of men and 2 percent of women over 65, trie aorta wall weakens, causing a bulge. Sudden rupture kills about 80 percent of patients, so surgeons repair it if edinique " - remote-controlle- d bomb along a roadside can take up to two weeks, whereas a car, minibus or truck jammed with explosives can be quickly sent out in response to changing intelli cide bomber who tried to kill an Iraqi deputy interior minister as Ahmed Aby Abdel Rahman, a Syrian. And last year, a Yemeni was , booby-trappe- d Seismic levels remained low at the mountain, indicating a steady flow of magma inside Eruption Continued from AAl the volcano, said. ' New instruments were placed scientists have said an explosive eruption could occur with very little warning. Explosive discharges and other abrupt changes, mostly dri- - . ven by variations in the flow of gas-ric- h magma, occurred g throughout the process that followed the 1980 eruption. The top of the new dome is nearly level with the old one, which rises nearly 1,000 feet from the sloping crater floor. The emergence of lava Monday followed 2 weeks of un- - ful, Neal said. Neal and other scientists say dome-buildin- six-ye- they don't know how long the eruption might continue, or whether it will be marked by explosive blasts of ash. In its last major eruptive phase before the 1980 blast, the mountain stirred intermittently for 57 years, starting in 1800. n Sept. 23. Neal said. mid-Yang- on the emerging mass by helicopter Tuesday. The equipment is at risk from falling rock and other hazards, but the information they provide while they last will be help- 1 rest earthquakes and steam and ash bursts that began The area immediately around the mountain remained closed. e The alert level remains at a "volcano advisory," but entirely consistent with these kinds of temperatures," she ' Planting a gence on targets, Talarico says. Car bombs are relatively easy to rig troops have seized CDs in Baghdad showing and can slip how it s done through checkpoints with explosives attached to the undersides of vehicles or hidden in piles of vegetables or construction materials. And they reduce casualties for insurgent bands compared to other forms of attacks, such as ambushes with rifles and rocket propelled grenades, which generally trigger an overwhelming U.S. response. Highlighted in the media, mass casualt ies inflicted by bombs raise the international profile of the insurgency and undermine popular support for a government many Iraqis feel cannot provide security. After car bombs killed 35 children at the opening of a Baghdad sewage plant Sept. 30, many parents didn't blame those who set off the blasts, but rather U.S. troops for failing to protect the neighborhood and sparking general lawlessness by the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Unleashed in the Islamic world over the past few decades after earlier use in Vietnam. Spain, Northern Ireland and elsewhere, vehicle bombs were inevitable in Iraq. Experts say that with no hindrance at the surface, any explosion would likely send gritty ash and steam straight up, raising concern for aircraft and cars in the area. It likely would be far less dangerous than the lateral explosion of 1980, which blasted mountaintop debris nearly 20 miles north and led to a massive landslide, killing 57 people and paralyzing much of the state with a thick layer of gritty ash. Water from rain, melting snow and the crater glacier could cause mudflows, but the silt likely would be contained by a sediment dam west of the mountain, miles from populated areas. LIMITED TIME ONLY. GET AN i205 FOR $0.99 OFFER ENDS 1031. Caring competent staff All RN nursing staff ' ." 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