IED FOUND/CLEARED Other

TF BRONCO REPORTS POSSIBLE IED 18K N OF TARIN-KOWT. THE FOLLOWING SALT REPORT WAS SENT: S: 1X REPORT OF 2X IEDS, A: POSSIBLE IED, L: 41S QS 733 295, T: 0930Z. REMARKS: IED WITH PRESSURE PLATE W/RD AND ANTENNA. IED SPOTTED BY 5X LN, THEY ARE GUARDING IT, INFORMATION TURNED OVER TO GOVERNOR''S LIAISON, THEN RELAYED TO FOB RIPLEY. 1402Z UPDATE: IED WAS 1X 107 MM ROUND W/ PRESSURE PLATE, BATTERY BOX, AND SPIDER DEVICE. BLOWN IN PLACE AT 1345. IED TF HAS BEEN EXFILED. NFI. ON 02 APR 05, AT APPROXIMATELY 1025Z, TF BRONCO REPORTED POSSIBLE IED WITH PRESSURE PLATE 18 KM NORTH OF TARIN-KOWT. LNS HAD REPORTED THE DISCOVERY OF THE IED AND WERE GUARDING THE AREA UNTIL US FORCES ARRIVED. ARMY 720TH EOD AND ABOVE INVESTIGATORS RESPONDED AND CONDUCTED SSE. THE IED CONSISTED OF A PRESSURE PLATE, POWER SOURCE, MOD-1 DTMF RX, SPIDER DEVICE AND 107MM HE ROCKET. THE PROJECTILE WAS DESTROYED IN PLACE WITH THE RECOVERED COMPONENTS SUSTAINING MODERATE DAMAGE DUE TO THE RENDER SAFE PROCEDURE. THERE WERE NO CAUSALITIES OR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVICE. THE PATROL REPORTED THAT THE PRESSURE PLATE WAS VISIBLE ON THE ROAD AND WAS NOT CONCEALED.