Skip to content

My personal archive

Last updated: 26 October 2026

THE ASSANGE ARCHIVE.

What I published. What they did about it. What comes next.

Afghan War Diary · Field report

(ENEMY ACTION) DIRECT FIRE RPT (Small Arms) TF BUSHMASTER : 3 ANSF KIA 5 ANSF WIA 14 UE KIA

Report date 2008-10-01 01:53:09 · Published by WikiLeaks on 25 July 2010 · View original report »

Date and time as displayed by wardiaries.wikileaks.org, which appears to shift report times by one to two hours; a report shown at 23:00 may belong to the following day.

Report keyRegionLatitudeLongitude
080e0000011cb1aa78dd160d0b7981dbRC SOUTH32.7607841566.38259888
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2008-10-01 01:53:09Enemy ActionDirect FireENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action1400317
Wounded in action00055

Report text

ISAF #10-003 SC31 7131-015 DECLARES TIC DURING : *S- UNK *A- RECIEVING A HEAVY VOLUME OF ICOM TRAFFIC STATING INS FIGHTERS AND IED ARE DIRECTLY TO THEIR FRONT *L- 42S TB 548 278 *T- 0353 *A- REQUEST CAS ATT At 0347Z: SC31 AIR TIC IDENTIFIER IB, VR41 TO SUPPORT At 0427Z UPDATE TO EVENT NR 10-003 SC 31 FOUND AN IED AT LOC 42S TB 58231 28681 0705Z: QR71 TO RIP VR41 ISO IB 0830Z: QR71 TO SPLIT BETWEEN TICs IB AND IF 0846Z: SC31 TAKING EFFECTIVE SAF FROM WEST. CURRENT LOC 42S TB 6338 2922. At 0849Z: REQUEST F/O CAS ATT. PO43 TO RIP QR71. PO43 TO IB, PO44 TO IF. 1016Z: SC31 TAKING HEAVY EFFECTIVE RPG FIRE. At 1018Z: SC31 REQUEST IMMEDIATE AH-64 SUPPORT. TAKING HEAVY FIRE, AND UNABLE TO MANEUVER. At 1049Z: SC34 PUSHING FANG 51 TO SC31 UNTIL PO43 A/R COMPLETE. At 1110Z: SC31 REPORTS CASUALTIES, 9-LINER TO FOLLOW. At 1129Z: DE05 TO SUPPORT IB. At 1314Z: KIRK 12 O/S, G2W JG09 At 1337Z: SC31 REPORTS 3x ADDTL ANSF WIA. 9-LINER TO FOLLOW. At 1401Z: DE05 RTB 1409Z: SR02 G2W JG09 At 1457Z: VR47 TO RIP SR02 1545Z 1549Z: SR03 ETA At 1615Z 2248Z:UPDATE FROM SC31: SLASHER ENGAGED NUMEROUS TARGETS. NO BDA REPORTED YET. ODA CONTINUES TO RECEIVE HEAVY ICOM CHATTER AND SPORADIC SMALL ARMS FIRE. BONE HAS NOT ENGAGED ANY FURTHER TRAGETS AT THIS TIME. At 0429Z UPDATE TO EVENT SC31 IS RECEIVING HEAVY VOLUME OF ICOM TRAFFIC At 0442Z: SC31 REPORTS DISCOVERING RCIED (SEE ATTACHED IED 10-LINE REPORT) At 0804Z: SC31 REQUESTS 9-LINE (SEE ATTACHED MEDEVAC REPORT) At 0930Z: PO43 WILL RIP RE33 At 1017Z: KA03 TO RIP PO43 At 1149Z: PO43 TO REMAIN ON TIC At 1214Z: BE21 TO RIP PO43 At 1310Z: CONVOY STILL TAKING DIRECT FIRE ATT At 1322Z: SC31 STILL ENGAGING AAF ELEMENTS At 1409Z: DE07 TO RIP BE21 At 1415Z: HR25 ETA 1500Z At 1600Z: HG57 TO RIP HR25 At 1749Z: HR25 BACK ON TIC 2150Z: AIR TIC IM CFA 030435ZOCT08: SC31/34/36 DECLARE AIR TIC, FORCES MANEUVERING INTO FIGHTING POSITIONS. AIR TIC IDENDITIFIER IB ASSIGNED, QR71 TO SUPPORT. At 0620Z: KA05 TO RIP QR71 At 0744Z: BE11 TO RIP KA05 At 0859Z: DE03 TO RIP BE11 At 0905Z: SC31 RE-ENGAGED BY AAF S: UNK A: EFFECTIVE SAF L: 42S TB 7921 4504 T: 03 0905Z OCT 08 R: ALL ELEMENTS OF CONVOY UNDER HEAVY SAF FROM MULITPLE FIGHTING POSITIONS IN GREEN ZONE. REQUEST CCA. At 0918Z: CCA APPROVED, STAB 41/42, ETA 0950Z At 0930Z: STAB 41/42 W/U TK ISO TIC 0945Z: SC31 REPORTS CONVOY STILL TAKING EFFECTIVE FIRE FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. At 0953Z: DE03 EXPENDED 1x GBU-38, 1x GBU-12 0955Z: BE11 EXPENDED 1x GBU-38 At 1001Z: DE05 TO RIP DE03 1053Z: SC31 TIMEOUT FB ANACONDA. At 1145Z: SC31 TOUCHDOWN. DE05 RELEASED. TIC IB CFA ATT. BDA 14x EKIA 1x CZESOF WIA 3x ANA KIA 5x ANA WIA 1x RCIED BIP 2x GBU-38 EXPENDED 1x GBU-12 EXPENDED

Reproduced as published by WikiLeaks. “%%%” marks text that WikiLeaks redacted before publication.

Report key080e0000011cb1aa78dd160d0b7981db
Tracking number20089135342STB5480027800
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitA SIGACTS MANAGER
Unit nameTF BUSHMASTER
Type of unitOGA
Originator groupCPOF
Updated by groupA SIGACTS MANAGER
MGRS42STB5480027800
DColorRED