IED FOUND/CLEARED Other

(S//REL GCTF) (LATE ENTRY) CJSOTF REPORTS AT 010300ZSEP04, THE ANA COMMANDER RECEIVED A REPORT FROM A LOCAL VILLAGER THAT AN IED HAD BEEN PLACED IN THE ROAD AT 42S WA 227 991. THE LOCAL VILLAGER SAW AN INDIVIDUAL EMPLACING THE DEVICE THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE ANA COMMANDER SECURED THE SITE AND DIVERTED TRAFFIC FROM THE AREA. AN ELEMENT OF ANA AND USSF MOVED TO THE LOCATION AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING: 1 X 82MM MORTAR ROUND WITH ELECTICAL WIRE AND ORANGE DET CORD ATTACHED AND PARTIALLY BURIED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE MORTAR ROUND WAS DESTROYED WITH EXPLOSIVES. AFTER EXAMINING THE SITE, AN ORANGE BOX WAS DISCOVERED BURIED UNDER THE DESTROYED MORTAR ROUND WITH DET CORD LEADING INTO THE BOX. 1/2 BLOCK OF C-4 WAS PLACED NEXT TO THE BOX AND DESTROYED. WHEN DETONATED, THERE WAS A LARGE SECONDARY EXPLOSION THAT LEFT A 3 FT X 1.5 FT HOLE WITH FRAGMENTS OF D-CELL BATTERIES. THE VILLAGER WHO REPORTED THE IED WILL RETURN TO THE FB TO TALK WITH USSF. NFI.