THE state has apologised to the relatives of three peacekeeping soldiers killed in a land mine attack in 1989 on the basis of an independent report which found they should have been better protected by their commanding officers.

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ARMY and police officers from the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland and Ireland have descended upon the north Cork hills for the first ever international training camp on detecting and dismantling bombs.

Four American soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on the same day as the first British loss of the year.

A British Army bomb disposal expert died following an explosion while helping to clear IEDs in Afghanistan.

ARMY bomb disposal experts have been called out to deal with a sharp rise in hoax emergencies this year, figures show.

INCIDENTS in Dublin involving grenades, bombs or improvised explosive devices (IEDS) are up 300% on last year, Garda figures reveal.

Sunni-led insurgents firing mortars and guns attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint in northern Iraq today, killing six policemen and wounding 10, an official said.

Capping the bloodiest month for American troops since January, the US military reported that seven more US service members were killed – all victims of increasingly sophisticated bombs that have been become the deadliest weapon in the insurgents’ arsenal.

Commanders in Iraq will probably increase their troops by several thousand as the January election approaches, the number two commander of US forces in the Middle East said.