IED FOUND/CLEARED(VBIED) REPORTED BY /%%% EN IVO BAGHDAD (ZONE %%%) (ROUTE ): %%% INJ/DAM

UNIT: -%%% SBCT\012\012WHO: /%%% EN\012\012IED TYPE: VBIED\012\012WHEN: 091313MAY07\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012TIMELINE: \012/%%% EN INVESTIGATED A %%% AT %%% (INTERSECTION OF FIR AND CHERRY) CONSISTING OF A RED VEHICLE\012\012: /%%% EN COMPLETED AN INITIAL CONTROLLED %%% TO %%% OR DENY VBIED\012\012: /%%% EN CONFIRMS THE VBIED WITH A SECOND CONTROLLED DETONATION.\012\012%%%: ELEMENT LOCATED 4X ADDITIONAL PROJECTILES THAT WERE IN THE AREA AFTER THE CONTROLLED DETONATION.\012\012UPDATE:\012THERE WERE 3X SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS. THE UXO FROM THE VBIED CONSISTED OF:\012-120MM PROJECTILE\012-107MM PROJECTILE\012-%%% X 57MM PROJECTILES\012-4X %%% BOTTLES OF HME %%%/ DET CORD\012\012\012SUMMARY: \012\012%%% X VBIED (FOUND)\012\012CLOSED\012----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\012WIT -%%% COMMENTS: ON %%% MAY %%% AT 1230D, %%% PLT/MU %%% EOD/WIT DEPARTED FOB %%% ROUTE %%% IN SUPPORT OF /%%% SBCT. THE CLEARANCE TEAM HAD JUST TURNED OFF OF ROUTE %%% AND TRAVELED DOWN ROUTE %%% APPROX 3KM WHEN THEY WERE FLAGGED DOWN BY /%%% IN (THE LAND OWNERS). THE INFORMATION THE IP CHECKPOINT WAS REPORTING WAS A POSSIBLE VBIED AT %%%, APPROX %%% NORTH OF THEIR LOCATION AND OURS. THE CURRENT TIME WAS APPROX 1320D. THE ENGINEERS WERE INFORMED THAT AT APPROX 1020D THE IP CHECKPOINT WITNESSED THE RED %%% DRIVE UP TO THE LOCATION AND A SINGLE MALE PARKED IT. THE MALE THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SWIFTLY LEFT THE AREA TO THE EAST. THE IPS DID NOT TRY TO DETAIN OR QUESTION THE MALE. ONCE ON-SCENE THE BUFFALO DID A DRIVE BY OF THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT SEE ANY WIRES, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT WEIGHED DOWN IN THE BACK AND SHOWED NO OTHER INDICATIONS OF A VBIED. EOD MADE THE DECISION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A DOOR BREACH ON THE CAR IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER VIEW OF THE INSIDE. THIS CONTROL DETONATION OCCURRED AT APPROX. 1345D. EOD THEN SENT THE ROBOT BACK DOWN TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE BUT NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND. EOD THEN PUT A SECONDED CHARGE ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO BREACH THE TRUNK. THE SECOND CONTROLLED DET TOOK PLACE AT APPROX 1406D AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE UNIT WAS WAITING FOR THE FIRE TO GO OUT WHEN AT APPROX 1416D THE IP CAME UP AND %%% THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SUSPECT VBIED %%% SOUTH OF OUR LOCATION. THE UNIT INFORMED THE IPS THAT THEY NEEDED TO INFORM THE LANDOWNERS OF THE SUSPECT VBIED SINCE THEY WERE CO-LOCATED WITH US AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ON-SCENE OF THE CONFIRMED VBIED FOR AWHILE. AT APPROX 1420D THE SUSPECT VBIED DETONATED TO OUR SOUTH CAUSING NO INJURIES. THE LANDOWNERS /%%% IN WENT TO THE SITE. ONCE THE FIRE WAS OUT EOD MOVED FORWARD AND FOUND THE FOLLOWING UXO LEFT FROM THE VBIED: 4X %%% LITER BOTTLES OF POSSIBLE HME WITH DET CORD, 6X 57MM PROJECTILES, 1X POSSIBLE 107MM PROJECTILE, AND 1X POSSIBLE 130MM PROJECTILE. EOD PUT THE UXO IN THREE PILES AND REDUCED THEM AT APPROX 1609D, 1619D, AND 1635D. EOD THEN DID A FINAL SWEEP OF THE SCENE AND DECLARED IT CLEAR AT APPROX 1647D %%% ENG/MU %%% EOD/WIT LEFT THE SITE AND RETURNED TO FOB . -%%% WAS ON-SCENE. NO EVIDENCE WAS LEFT FOR EXPLOITATION.\012