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First ever image of IED roadside explosion in Afghanistan | guardian.co.uk](http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/15/first-photograph-ied-afghanistan-roadside-bomb):

This dramatic photograph of a US marine fleeing for his life in Afghanistan is believed to be the first time a roadside bomb explosion ‑ the kind that poses the greatest threat to UK troops ‑ has been caught on camera.