As Comrades Search, Fatal Bomb Wreaks Havoc

After the attack on Saturday, the reality of the threat set in: the fields they had been crossing on foot for months might now be as dangerous as the roads they had learned to avoid. What they had just witnessed — a homemade land mine, or what the military calls a dismounted improvised explosive device — could be anywhere.
Michael Kamber for The New York Times
Staff Sergeant Robert Simonovich sat stunned and temporarily blinded after being hit in the face by shrapnel.

By DAMIEN CAVE
Published: May 23, 2007
MAHMUDIYA, Iraq, May 22 — The ground exploded under an ashen sky at dawn. Dust, dirt, blood and military equipment filled the air, clearing after several seconds to reveal a frenzied scene of horror.

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