I.E.D's

[Sith]

Originally Posted by Eddie

And then I'd argue that Europe would be an even larger supply depot for EFPs and the like due to all of the garage doors and automatic doors that are on businesses and such.

Without going into detail, I agree that Europe would be a large depot for EFPs and other more sophisticated IEDs. But more due to skill sets and manufacturing equipment rather than remote door openers.

Originally Posted by Eddie

And I also want to address the soldiers+civilians=scarcity comment. My experience was the exact opposite. "Pan-sil, meesta! Give me pan-sil!" was an every block occurrence. We'd be mobbed by kids and usually teenage to early 20s men asking for us to take their photos, our pens/pencils, etc. I even had a couple walk up to me and ask in pretty good English where I was from, was I married, how many wives did I have, and all kinds of other things. According to one of my squad leaders, Kosovo was pretty similar when he was there.

This was the exact situation when I was in the Balkans.