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Afghan War Diary · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (Components) TF ROCK SAPPER 17 IVO (ROUTE RTE TRIUMPH): 0 INJ/DAM

Report date 2008-06-01 02:07:00 · 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
5E0A6BFD-B178-E8B9-AE5FE676C6F2D3D6RC EAST34.7282943770.89639282
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2008-06-01 02:07:00Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

At 0407z Sapper 17 was clearing north along the Chowkay rd and discovered a possible IED buried in the road. 9-line IED report was as follows: 1: 01 0407Z JUNE 2008 2: TF ROCK SAPPER 17 / IED XD 7363 4455 3: TF ROCK SAPPER 17 ON FM 46.050 4: DET CORD BURIED IN ROAD (PLACED) 5: NONE 6: NONE 7: BURIED IN CHOKE POINT ON THE ROAD, HALTED RCP ATT 8: AREA SECURED BY SAPPER 17 ( WITH EOD ) 9: IMMEDIATE 0425z: Sapper 17 conducted an exploratory controlled detonation of the potential IED site, which exposed a contained with additional explosives in it. sapper 17 secured the site and confiscated the additional explosives. 0630z: Sapper 17 declared the site safe and continued on his clearance. Event Closed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary from duplicate report While conducting routine patrol FF found an IED. EOD and RCP conducted a controlled detonation of the device, exposing a container filled with additional explosives. NFI, att. At 0607Z, TF Rock reported: NFTR. Event closed at 0455Z. ISAF #06-013 End summary from duplicate report ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Report key5E0A6BFD-B178-E8B9-AE5FE676C6F2D3D6
Tracking number20080601040742SXD7363044550
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitTOC LNOs TF ROCK
Unit nameTF Rock Sapper 17
Type of unitCF
Originator groupTOC LNOs TF ROCK
Updated by groupJ3 ORSA
MGRS42SXD7363044550
DColorRED