U.S. ESTABLISHES IED INTEL TEAM IN IRAQ

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. military has established an intelligence teamto find bombmakers and their support cells in Iraq. U.S. officials said the intelligence team began operations in late 2004as part of an effort to use the Iraqi military to identifyand track producers of so-called improvised explosive devices. IEDscomprised nearly 22 percent of all attacks against coalition forces in 2004and the leading cause of casualties.