Everyone Is Improvising

So while our soldiers are trapped in Iraq trying to stay safe by creating improvised amored vehicles, the insurgents are perfecting their means of blowing people and things to smithereens with their improvised explosive devices.

"A bold, innovative insurgency is becoming more effective against U.S. supply lines in Iraq and explosive attacks have slowed military operations there, a senior American general said on Wednesday.

'They have had a growing understanding that where they can affect us is in the logistics flow,' Air Force Lt. Gen. Lance Smith, deputy chief of U.S. Central Command, told reporters.

'They have gotten more effective in using IEDs,' said Smith, referring to improvised explosive devices hidden beside roads by guerrillas fighting American-led forces in Iraq.

'He (the insurgency) is becoming more effective,' the general said. 'They may use doorbells today to blow these things up. They may use remote controls from toys tomorrow. And as we adapt, they adapt.'"