From The New York Times:
They are usually no bigger than a man’s fist and attached to a magnet or a strip of gummy adhesive - thus the name “obwah lasica” in Arabic, or “sticky bomb.”
Light, portable and easy to lay, sticky bombs are tucked quickly under the bumper of a car or into a chink in a blast wall. Since they are detonated remotely, they rarely harm the person who lays them. And as security in Baghdad has improved, the small and furtive bomb - though less lethal than entire cars or even thick suicide belts packed with explosive - is fast becoming the device of choice for a range of insurgent groups.
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They are usually no bigger than a man’s fist and attached to a magnet or a strip of gummy adhesive - thus the name “obwah lasica” in Arabic, or “sticky bomb.”
Light, portable and easy to lay, sticky bombs are tucked quickly under the bumper of a car or into a chink in a blast wall. Since they are detonated remotely, they rarely harm the person who lays them. And as security in Baghdad has improved, the small and furtive bomb - though less lethal than entire cars or even thick suicide belts packed with explosive - is fast becoming the device of choice for a range of insurgent groups.
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