IED EXPLOSION(IED) ATTK ON -%%% IN IVO (ROUTE ): %%% CF WIA

At 281540FEB07 -%%% IN reported an IED detonation in the Kirkuk Province south of Kirkuk at %%%. Two CF wounded and one HMMWV destroyed. \012------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\012EOD COMMENTS:\012Team responded to a Post Blast at %%%, PB . %%% vehicle (%%%) of a %%%-vehicle convoy was struck by an IED %%% while crossing a canal on an %%% road. %%% x CF WIA. Catastrophic damage to the front of vehicle was sustained. IED was buried %%% meters before an existing IED hole. All vehicles were equipped with DUKE. Method of initiation is unknown; fragmentation was consistent with %%% x 122mm and 105mm projectiles. IA had gathered components and left the scene before the teamE%%% arrival. %%% hours. 281700CFEB07.\012------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\012WIT %%% COMMENTS: ON %%% FEB %%% AT 1835C, EOD/WIT RESPONDED TO A POST BLAST IED IVO %%%. UPON ARRIVAL, WIT MADE %%% WITH ALPHA COMPANY, %%% 3X %%% CONVOY HAD BEEN HIT BY AN IED. THEY WERE TRAVELING %%% ON AN UNNAMED ROAD WHEN THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY AN IED. THE IED RESULTED IN 2X CF WIA AND CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE %%%. ALPHA COMPANY STATED THAT THE DETONATION OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 1530C. THIS ROUTE %%% NORMALLY TRAVELED TO REACH THE %%% THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS IN OR OUT OF THE AIRFIELD; CURRENTLY THE OTHER ROAD IS FLOODED. THE IED WAS BURIED BENEATH THE ROAD ON A CHOKE POINT THAT CROSSES OVER A WATERWAY AND BECOMES AN EXTREMELY NARROW . %%% STATED THAT THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN CROSSING THIS AREA, DUE TO AN IED THAT HAD DETONATED THERE BEFORE. BY THE TYPE OF FRAGMENTATION FOUND, EOD ESTIMATES THAT THE IED COMPRISED OF 1X 122MM PROJECTILE AND POSSIBLY AN ADDITIONAL 100MM OR 105MM. THE INITIATION SYSTEM WAS MOST LIKELY A PRESSURE SWITCH, HOWEVER IP TOOK MOST OF THE EVIDENCE BY THE TIME EOD/WIT ARRIVED. NO INITIATION %%% OR ANY OTHER EVIDENCE WAS FOUND ON-SCENE. EOD/WIT DEPARTED THE SCENE AT 2053C.\012---------------------------\012TF (%%%): From Duplicate Event %%%:\012\012At 281758FEB07 -%%% IN reported an IED detonation in the Kirkuk province south west of Kirkuk at %%% ME %%%. 5x US WIA (1x priority and 4x routine). MTF\012\012UPDATE: %%%/A/-%%% reported an IED detonated on the %%% vehicle of their convoy at ME %%%, resulting in 5x CF WIA and 1x %%% destroyed. %%%/A/-%%% requested MEDEVAC for the 5x CF WIA. MEDEVAC had wheels up from FOB Warrior at %%% and had wheels down on site at . %%%/A/-%%% cordoned off the area and requested CF EOD and recovery support. EOD responded to the scene and determined that the IED consisted of multiple unknown projectiles with an unknown initiation device. The blast crater was EE%%%E deep. The vehicle was towed back to FOB Warrior. 1x CF WIA (%%%) was %%% to Balad and the other %%% were RTD\012%%% MEETS MNC- %%% AND MND- %%%