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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (Improvised Explosive Device (IED)) IPS (- %%% OE) IVO (ROUTE ): %%% ISF WIA

Report date 2008-07-20 10:10 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20080720n70MND-BAGHDAD33.3644.38
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2008-07-20 10:10Explosive HazardIED ExplosionENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00011

Report text

MND-%%% EVENT (%%%)\012\012UNIT: /%%% ID \012\012IED TYPE: \012\012KIA (/): %%%\012\012WIA (/): %%% X IP WIA\012\012EQUIPMENT BDA:\012\012WHO: IPS (- %%% OE)\012\012WHAT: IED\012\012WHEN: %%%\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012NEAREST ISF/SOI CP: \012NAME: %%% CP %%%\012RESPONSIBLE UNIT: %%% IP\012GRID: %%%\012CP %%% FROM EVENT: %%% M %%%\012\012TIMELINE:\012\012%%%: IP'%%% REPORT THEY WERE STRUCK BY AN IED ON ROUTE %%%, GRID . %%% X IP CASUALTY, %%% X DAMAGED IP VEHICLE.\012\012%%%: TAC//- %%% LINKS UP WITH EOD AND MOVES TO IED SITE.\012\012%%%: TAC//- %%% AND EOD ARRIVE ON SITE. EOD BEGINS PBA.\012\012%%%: EOD COMPLETES PBA. TAC//- %%% AND EOD EXFIL SITE. END OF MISSION.\012\012CF MP REPORT:\012"%%%: WHILE CONDUCTING PATROL ON RTE %%%, SOUTH OF RTE %%%, THE PATROL FROM %%% (BC %%%) WAS HIT WITH AN IED. THE IED WAS PLACED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD BEHIND A -%%%. THE IP PATROL IS REPORTING MINOR DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLE AND %%% X IP WIA WITH SHRAPNEL TO THE LEG. THE IP HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CITY HOSPITAL. THE DAMAGE TO THE IP VEHICLE CONSISTED OF %%% FLAT TIRES AND BROKEN WINDOWS. THE IP PATROL CONSISTED OF THE %%% COMMANDER OF %%% LOCAL POLICE STATION (BC %%%), COL , %%% WERE WOUNDED. --%%% MP IS ENROUTE TO THE SCENE FROM . -%%% MP IS CURRENTLY CORDONING OFF THE IED DET LOCATION WITH ADDITIONAL IPS."\012\012IO MESSAGE: \012CRIMINALS CONTINUE TO %%% BOMBS ON YOUR STREETS WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES OF INNOCENT %%% AND THEIR FAMILIES. REWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE. REPORT CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES TO THE JSS %%% AT ---%%%.\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: \012VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 70KM/HR IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. UPON DETONATION, VEHICLE CONTINUED TRAVELING SOUTH, COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP APPROX. %%% FROM BLAST SEAT. DRIVER OF VEHICLE QUESTIONED ON SCENE STATED HE DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IVO BLAST SEAT PRIOR TO DETONATION WHILE DRIVING. IED WAS PLACED AT THE BEND OF A JERSEY BARRIER %%%, STREET LEVEL, CONTAINING APPROX. 3LBS UBE AND %%% PIECES VARYING TO %%% IN LENGTH. BLAST SEAT MEASURED APPROX. %%% LONG AND %%% WIDE, NO DEPTH WAS OBSERVED. METHOD OF INITIATION AND CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION IS UNKNOWN DUE TO SITE CONTAMINATION PRIOR TO TEAM ARRIVAL. VEHICLE RECEIVED MULTIPLE IMPACTS; FROM FRONT FENDER TO BED, BUT DID NOT PENETRATE THROUGH PASSENGER DOORS. A CELL TOWER IS LOCATED APPROX. %%% NORTH OF BLAST SEAT. TEAM RECOVERED SOIL SAMPLES AND %%% PIECES AND TURNED OVER TO WIT %%% FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION. NO FURTHER EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS OR INITIATION DEVICES WERE FOUND. RECOVERED BY TEAM FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION CONSIST OF:\012\0121X SOIL SAMPLE OF BLAST SEAT\01215X PIECES OF %%%, VARYING TO %%% IN LENGTH\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: THE IED WAS LIKELY %%% BY AQI, TARGETING THE %%% IPS IN THE AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR ATTACKS AGAINST ISF IN THE AREA AND THESE ATTACKS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN THE NEAR FUTURE\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X IED STRIKE\012%%% X IP WIA\012%%% X IP VEHICLE DMG\012\012//CLOSED// %%%

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Report key402CA3F6-423D-4561-50A14408C2FDCC9D
Tracking number20080720102738SMB
Attack onENEMY
Complex attackFALSE
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS
Unit nameIPS (1-2 SCR OE)
Type of unitISF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMB4291
DColorRED