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The bomb detonated while the sheik was driving near his home in the village of Awja, also Mr. Hussein's hometown, about six miles south of Tikrit.

A Kia truck packed with explosives was detonated while the mosque and an adjacent hall used for funeral services were filled with people, killing at least 37 people and wounding 276, the governor, Atheel al-Nujaifi, told reporters.

Attrition through accidents gradually reduced the squadron's operational fleet; N-3PB (c/n 311) was damaged beyond repair on 16 September 1942 when depth charges accidentally released and detonated while the aircraft was moored at Budareyi.

His red dots vary in size; the big dots mark huge craters where bombs already detonated, while the small dots tag barely visible sites where, perhaps, a dud bomb landed.

The first deck was designed to cause delay-fuzed projectiles to detonate, while the thicker second belt would protect the ships' internals.

Alternately, volumetric weapons work well against certain kinds of concealed targets, such as those hiding in caves or bunkers; the twists and turns of the tunnel or building would normally protect people from flying shrapnel, but the cloud of explosive can penetrate some distance before detonating, while the walls themselves channel and focus the blast.

He lost his right arm and leg in the Wardak province when an I.E.D. detonated while he and his brothers were herding sheep in the hills above their home.

A package that was being shipped to Austin detonated, while investigators said they intercepted another sent through the same company in the Texas capital, and they quickly tied both to the same person responsible for the earlier bombings.

Four American troops were killed Wednesday when a suicide improvised explosive device detonated while they were conducting a routine patrol in the northern city of Manbij.

John Eli Brown of the Army died when a grenade detonated while they were performing maintenance on a vehicle in a checkpoint south of Baghdad, military officials said.

Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others.