“U.S. special operations forces in Iraq developed an untraceable explosive device they nicknamed the Xbox to kill Iraqi Shiite militiamen smuggling roadside bombs from Iran to attack American troops, according to a new book. Starting in about 2007, Army Delta Force commandos in a special task force in the war to oust Saddam Hussein used the bombs against Iranian collaborators whose improvised explosive devices were powerful enough to destroy the most heavily armored U.S. vehicles, Sean Naylor wrote in ‘Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command.’”
Source: U.S. Developed Its Own ‘Xbox’ Improvised Explosives, Book Says – Bloomberg Business
