Attacks on convoys doubled

General says attacks on US convoys in Iraq doubled

The number of roadside bomb attacks by insurgents against U.S. military supply convoys in Iraq has doubled in the past year, the general in charge of logistics for American military forces in Iraq said on Friday.

Army Brig. Gen. Yves Fontaine, commander of the 1st Corps Support Command, said U.S. military convoys carrying fuel, food, water, arms and equipment faced 30 attacks weekly involving so-called improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.

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