improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised. I.E.D., IED. explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy. gasoline bomb, Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick.
Jordan and Iraq are on its north border; Kuwait on its northeast; Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates to the east; Yemen to its south; Oman to its southeast; and the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea to its east. The population of the country is estimated to be around 31,000,000 in 2016.
The Education in Oman is provided free of charge up to the end of secondary education, though attendance is not mandatory at any level. In 1970 there were only three formal schools with 900 students in the whole country.Oman 's national educational program expanded rapidly during the 1970s and the 1980s.ultan Qaboos University, the only national university near Muscat, was founded in 1986, and in 2006 it had 13,500 students. The 2006 Human Development Report found the literacy rate to be 31.4% in adults (older than 15), up from 54.7% in 1990.