Original sentence: Any weapon modified or created in a field expedient manner so as to explode, causing damage to personnel or materiel, By definition, it has been altered to detonate when it should not, thus a mine or hand grenade is not an IED
Edited sentence: A modern term describing bombs employed by terrorist forces in Iraq against liberating forces.Army employs specialized equipment and provides training in the use of such devices against civilians (in contravention to international treaties), although the use of such methods by any opposing party is usually criticized as inhumane or uncivilized.The U