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Mission Ops: Assignment IEDs

An Advance Screening of the New Special from the Discovery Times Channel

  • In-Person
  • New America
    740 15th St NW #900
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • 1PM – 3PM EDT

Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have killed more than 1,150 U.S. troops and 10,897 Iraqis since the war began. Focusing on this ever-present deadly device of war, Discovery Times Channel presents MISSION OPS: ASSIGNMENT IEDs, an investigative look at the use of homemade bombs in terrorism and the stunningly innovative techniques used to thwart them.

Please join New America Foundation, Discovery Times Channel, and Story House Productions for a special advance screening of this timely documentary.

MISSON OPS: ASSIGNMENT IEDs premiered Tuesday, May 15, on Discovery Times Channel (available on Comcast and Cox Digital Cable).

Location

New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW 7th Floor

Washington, DC, 20009

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Participants

  • Peter Bergen
    Host, Mission Ops
    Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
  • Brian Doyne
    Retired U.S. Army Explosives Expert
  • Kelly Gibbs
    Bomb Prevention Specialist
    Department of Homeland Security