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Iraq War Logs · Field report

IED FOUND/CLEARED(CWIED) REPORTED BY -%%% CAV IVO (ROUTE ): %%%/DAM

Report date 2007-04-28 16:04 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20070428n2MND-BAGHDAD33.6644.38
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2007-04-28 16:04Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

WHO: -%%% CAV (DEMON RED %%%)\012\012EVENT TYPE: %%%\012\012KIA (/%%%): NONE\012\012WIA (/%%%): NONE\012\012EQUIPMENT BDA: NONE\012\012ENEMY BDA: NONE\012\012ENEMY DETAINEE: NONE\012\012%%% OF PATROL: , , %%%\012-------------\012\012UPDATES:\012281636APR07: -%%% CAV REPORTS WHILE TRAVELING WEST ON RTE %%%, DEMON RED %%% FOUND IED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, VIC MC %%%. \012\012281640APR07: EOD IS %%% WITH PATROL AND ASSESSES 2X155MM ROUNDS AND COMMAND WIRE THAT RAN NORTH FOR AN UNKNOWN DISTANCE. \012\012281755APR07: EOD REPORTS THAT WHEN THEY WERE RECOVERING %%% THEY FOUND 3x MORE 155MM RNDS UNDERNEATH THE FIRST TWO. TOTAL 5x155MM RNDS. STILL GATHERING UP THE CW AND SEARCHING IMMEDIATE AREA FOR ADDITIONAL %%%.\012\012281845APR07: EOD REPORTS THEY HAVE FOUND AN ADDITIONAL 1x 155MM RND, 1x130MM RND, AND A %%% TANK WITH UNK %%% TO CW RUNNING IN FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.\012\012281915APR07: EOD REPORTS THAT 1xRPG WAS FIRED AT PATROL FROM THE WEST. RND IMPACTED %%% AWAY FROM PATROL NO BDA, NO CAS. UNABLE TO PID %%%, NO RETURN FIRE.\012\012281950APR07: EOD REPORTS TOTAL RND COUNT IS 6x155MM, 1x130MM, 1x105MM, 3xUNK RNDS, 2x %%% TANK, AND CW RUNNING SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL TO A MOSQUE.\012\012281955APR07: EOD REPORTS A SECOND RPG RND BEING FIRED AT THEM, FROM UNK DIRECTION, FOLLOWED BY 1xRND SAF. DID NOT PID %%%, NO BDA/CAS.\012\012282017APR07: EOD REPORTS FINISHED RECOVERING RNDS, RTB.\012\012282037APR07: EOD REPORTS RP PB-, %%% A BUNKER TO PLACE RNDS INSIDE %%% THEY CONTROL DETONATE THEM LATER.\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X %%% (5x155MM, 2x130MM, 1x105MM, 1x 120MM, 2x %%% TANK, AND UNK %%% CW)\012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012----------------\012///SEE HANGING %%%///\012\012\012///CLOSED///\012-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\012WIT %%% COMMENTS: ON %%% APR %%% AT APPROXIMATELY 1636D, WHILE ON PATROL IN THE TOWN OF %%%, DEMON RED , -%%% CAV LOCATED COMMAND WIRE RUNNING SOUTH TO WEST IVO %%% MC %%%. THE WIRE WAS TRACED INTO THE COURTYARD OF THE %%% GIRLS SCHOOL AND CONTINUED INTO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING THROUGH A %%% NEXT TO A WINDOW ON THE FIRST FLOOR. DEMON RED %%% ESTABLISHED A SECURITY CORDON AROUND THE BUILDING. EOD/WIT WAS EMBEDDED WITH THE PATROL AND IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO INTERROGATE THE SCENE. THE WIRE WAS TRACED INTO A ROOM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND CONTINUED IN A SHALLOW TRENCH THROUGH THE FLOOR AND UP THE OPPOSITE %%% TOWARDS AN AIR DUCT VENT IN THE ROOM. UPON REMOVING THE VENT, EOD LOCATED 2X 155MM PROJECTILES NEXT TO THE AIR DUCT IN THE CEILING. WHILE RENDERING THE DEVICES SAFE, EOD DETERMINED THE WIRE SPLIT INTO TWO PARALLEL LINES, ONE SET CONTINUED SOUTH IN THE AIR DUCT WHILE THE SECOND SET WENT NORTH OUT OF THE AIR DUCT AND DOWN TOWARDS THE MAIN HALLWAY OF THE BUILDING. A CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE WIRE RUNNING SOUTH IN THE AIR DUCT LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF 3X 155MM PROJECTILES. EOD REMOVED THE DEVICES AND THEN BEGAN TO %%% RUNNING NORTH TOWARDS THE MAIN HALLWAY. WHILE TRACING THIS WIRE, 1X %%% TANK FILLED WITH AN UNKNOWN EXPLOSIVE WAS FOUND IN THE HALLWAY NEAR THE SOUTHWEST ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING. THE WIRE CONTINUED EAST DOWN THE HALLWAY AND RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF 1X 105MM PROJECTILE, 2X 130MM PROJECTILES, 1X 120MM PROJECTILE AND A SECOND %%% TANK. ALL PROJECTILES WERE FOUND BURIED UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE FLOOR ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE HALLWAY. NO INITIATION SYSTEM WAS FOUND IN THE AREA, BUT EACH PROJECTILE DID CONTAIN DET CORD AND A TOTAL OF 10X BLASTING CAPS WERE RECOVERED. EOD RECOVERED ALL EXPLOSIVE COMPONENTS WHILE WIT PERFORMED SENSITIVE SITE EXPLOITATION OF THE SCENE. EOD/WIT DEPARTED THE SCENE AT 2030D.

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Report key3913C31E-5056-9023-58FB5457161762B2
Tracking number20070428163638SMC
Attack onENEMY
Complex attackFALSE
Reporting unitMND-B LNO(HAWKINS)
Unit name2-8 CAV
Type of unitCoalition Forces
Originator groupMND-B OPS LNO
Updated by groupTF Troy DATA Management
MGRS38SMC4224
DColorRED