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TF BRONCO REPORTS EXPLOSION 10K SE OF KANDAHAR. THE FOLLOWING SALT WAS SENT: S: 1X, A: UNKNOWN EXPLOSION, L: 41R QQ 680 973, T: 0930L. REMARKS: WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT SURE IF THIS IS AN IED OR MINE, RCAG PTRL REPORTED THIS, CURRENTLY ASSESSING SITE. AT 1300Z TF STEEL REPORTS, EXPLOSION WAS RC IED. EXPLOSION ONLY MADE A SMALL HOLE IN THE GROUND. THE IED EXPLODED AFTER THE ANA PATROL PASSED THE IED. DETONATION TIMING WAS POOR. LOCALS SAW A LN GRAB SOMETHING NEAR THE SITE OF THE EXPLOSION AFTER DETONATION AND FLEE THE SCENE PRIOR TO IRF/EOD ARRIVAL ON SITE. LOCALS WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE LN. THE FIRING POINT FOR THIS DEVICE WAS DETERMINED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 200 M EAST OF THE BLAST SITE BEHIND A SIX FOOT WALL. A DETAILED SEARCH OF THE FIRING POSITION FURTHER YIELDED A BURIED SOVIET 100 MM PROJECTILE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN USED IN FUTURE IED ATTACKS AS WELL AS A PIECE OF DETONATING CORD,PIECES OF BLACK ELECTRICAL TAPE, CLEAR PLASTIC CONSISTENT WITH PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR D CELL BATTERIES,AND EMPTY SONY AUTOMATIC HEATER TIMER 12 VDC BOX. A ROCK WAS PLACED TO ALLOW THE TRIGGERMAN TO STAND ON IT AND HAVE AN UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE IED SITE FROM OVER THE WALL. ADDITIONALLY, A TERRAIN MODEL (SAND-TABLE) WAS FOUND THAT COULD HAVE AIDED THE PERPETRATORS IN EXECUTING THIS OR OTHER OPERATIONS.