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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (%%% IED) /-%%% IVO (ROUTE ): %%% WIA %%% CIV WIA

Report date 2008-03-04 08:08 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20080304n40MND-BAGHDAD33.2244.37
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2008-03-04 08:08Explosive HazardIED ExplosionENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action05106

Report text

MND-%%% SIGACT (%%%)\012\012MND- %%%\012MND- %%%\012\012MND-%%% EVENT %%%\012\012UNIT: /%%% ID\012\012WHO: /%%% BSTB %%% \012\012IED TYPE: EFP STRIKE \012\012IED DESCRIPTION: PENDING %%%\012CONFIRMED EFP\012\012POINT OF IMPACT: VIC %%%, RTE \012\012 %%% PATROL: %%% X , %%% BEING TOWED \012\012VEHICLE STATUS: %%% X %%% DESTROYED\012\012ECM SYSTEMS: 4X DUKE, 4X RHINOS SYSTEM\012ECM STATUS: ON\012ECM BDA: \012\012WHERE: %%%, RTE , %%%, SOUTH BOUND .\012\012 %%%: \012\012TIMELINE:\012\012: //-%%% REPORTS WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON RTE , /%%% BSTB CONVOY TRAVELING SOUTH WAS STRUCK BY EFP VIC %%%, CP . //-%%% STOPPED TO ASSIST. \012\012: /%%% UNIT PROVIDING SECURITY FOR SITE.\012\012: -%%% TOC REQUESTS FOR UAV. UAV DOWN UNTIL .\012\012: //-%%% REPORTED 2X US WIA : / . //- %%% STRAIGHT TO CSH. \012\012: /%%% BSTB MP ELEMENT %%% AND %%% TO FOB FALCON .\012\012%%%: EOD, %%% AND RECOVERY ASSETS NOTIFIED.\012\012: //-%%% REPORTS EXTENT OF INJURY:\012\012 %%% - RT LEG AMPUTATION BELOW THE KNEE AND HEAVY SHRAPNEL TO THE LEFT LEG. LITTER URGENT\012\012 %%% - SHRAPNEL WOUNDS TO UPPER LEFT THIGH. LITTER URGENT\012\012: //- %%% SITE.\012\012%%%: CCA ON STATION\012\012: //-%%% ON SITE.\012\012: -%%% BSTB -%%% ID, QRF/ RECOVERY TM RP FOB FALCON WITH DESTROYED %%%, COORDINATING LINK UP WITH MORTUARY AFFAIRS AT STOW YARD.\012\012: %%% REPORTS %%% BEING TREATED FOR POSSIBLE CONCUSSION. %%% ED %%% MINOR LACERATION TO RT SIDE OF FACE.\012\012%%%: TERP IS BEING %%% MEDEVAC TO THE CASH\012\012: /-%%% SENDING INTERNAL QRF TO ASSIST IN SECURING THE SITE.\012\012%%%: EOD SP \012\012: /-%%% INTERNAL QRF ARRIVES ON SCENE\012\012%%%: CSH REPORTS %%% IN SURGERY. %%% TREATED IN %%% ROOM; NO SURGERY REQUIRED.\012\012: %%% REPORTS %%% RTD\012\012: %%%/HQ/- %%% BLAST LOCATION %%%/ FOX TEAM TO ASSIST %%%/ PBA. \012\012%%%: EOD ON SITE.\012\012%%%: EOD CLEARS SITE %%% FOB FALCON. \012\012: /%%% BSTB ELEMENT RECOVERS DESTROYED %%% BACK TO FOB FALCON.\012\012: %%%/HQ/-%%% REQUESTS ROAD STAY CLOSED UNTIL FOX TEAM ARRIVES ON SCENE AND EXPLOIT IT.\012\012%%%: EOD RP FOB FALCON %%% LOCATION OF %%% FOR EXPLOITATION.\012\012%%%: FOX TEAM ON SCENE AND EXPLOITING SITE.\012\012: %%%/HQ/-%%% REPORTS NORTH BOUND %%% MILITARY TRAFFIC. CIVILIAN TRAFFIC %%% STOPPED.\012\012: %%% UPDATES %%% WALKED INTO %%% AFTER THE FACT TO BE CHECKED OUT. %%% DOCTORS FOUND MINOR SHRAPNEL WOUNDS TO ABDOMEN AND LEGS. WOUNDS TREATED AT . %%% WOUNDS TREATED AT %%% AS WELL AND BOTH ARE RTD.\012\012%%%: UPON %%% INVESTIGATION IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THE EFP WAS IN THE MEDIAN STRIKING THE FRONT LEFT DRIVER SIDE OF THE LEAD VEHICLE. CONVOY WAS %%% FOB FALCON FOR MAINTENANCE (CONVOY WAS TOWING ONE VEHICLE %%% IN ORDER).\012\012: //-%%% SP EFP SITE %%%.\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT:\012THIS EFP WAS MOST LIKELY %%% BY THE ' %%% CELL. THIS A HISTORIC %%% FOR EFP' %%% BY THIS CELL. THE LAST EFP NEAR THIS CHECKPOINT WAS ON THE %%% OF FEB.\012\012HHC -%%% BSTB %%%-A WERE TRAVELLING SOUTH ON RTE , %%% EFP STRIKE VIC %%% \012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X EFP STRIKE\012%%% X US WIA ( , , , , )\012%%% X TERP WIA (NAME )\012 %%% DESTROYED\0123X RTD\012\012//CLOSED//

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Report key788FC76C-9050-83A7-63B868F382FD7827
Tracking number20080304084538SMB
Attack onENEMY
Complex attackFALSE
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS
Unit nameE/2-14IN
Type of unitCF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMB4176
CCIRFFIR6 - ACTION OR INCIDENT RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT MILITARY OR CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
SigactMND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS
DColorRED