Within the hour

This report came in within the hour of my previous post.

Gunmen threw grenades and a land mine exploded near the convoy of Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi, killing at least five bodyguards and wounding several others, an official said...
There were also reports that a remote-controlled bomb was set off alongside the land mine, Americo told The Associated Press shortly after arriving in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, from Mogadishu.
The attacks occurred shortly after Gedi arrived for a visit to the Somali capital -- a stronghold of powerful warlords-turned-Cabinet ministers and Islamic extremists opposed to his divided transitional government.

It would be interesting to see confirmation whether or not that was indeed an IED used instead of a landmine and whether the technology corresponds to the increasingly lethal IEDs that have emerged in Iraq in the past year. Piracy could have been used to fund the purchase of technology from allied groups.

"What we're seeing is an increase in the evolutionary pace of IED (improvised explosive device) design," said Ben Venzke, CEO of IntelCenter, a Washington counterterrorism firm contracted by the U.S. military to study insurgent tactics. "It's increasing at a pace we previously haven't seen."
Insurgent groups are passing around videos and other training aids to teach the most effective bombmaking techniques. "There is definitely a program to share information," said Maj. Dean Wollan, intelligence officer for the U.S. Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, operating in this area north of Baghdad...
One captured video shows in three-dimensional animation every component of a roadside bomb, how to build and use it, and where to place it for the biggest impact...
"The concern is that one group gains an effective technology, and it becomes almost Darwinism," said Lt. Col. Shawn Weed, division intelligence officer for the 3rd Infantry Division, which is responsible for Baghdad and surrounding areas. "They'll share that with other groups."

A global network for low-tech proliferation is a possibility if not a reality.