(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (Improvised Explosive Device (IED)) //%%% IA IVO (ROUTE ): %%% INJ/DAM

MND-%%% EVENT %%%\012\012UNIT: /%%% SBCT\012\012WHO: //%%% IA\012\012WHAT: %%% X IED %%% X IED FOUND\012\012DESCRIPTION: 122MM PROJECTILE\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012CLOSEST ISF CP:\012CP NUMBER: CP %%%\012TYPE: //%%% IA\012GRID LOCATION: %%%\012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: \012%%%- METERS EAST\012\012WHEN 021348JAN09\012\012EOD %%% LINE\012\012%%% 021345JAN09\012 \012 \012 \012 ., \012 %%% round, PBA\012%%% NONE\012%%% CF,ISF,LN\012%%% HALTING\012%%% IA CORDON SET\012%%% IMMEDIATE\012\012TIMELINE:\012\012%%%: A/-%%% IN REPORTS %%% MP ( -%%%) REPORTS THAT THEY PASSED AN IA CONVOY WHICH HAD BEEN HIT BY AN IED AT GRID %%%. MORE TO FOLLOW. \012\012%%%: A/-%%% IN REPORTS THEY ESTABLISHED %%% WITH CYCLONE -%%% AND THEY REPORTED THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO ANY VEHICLES. CYCLONE -%%% REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A %%% FT X %%% FT CRATER AND THERE WAS A 155MM ROUND ON THE SITE. THE IA ON THE SITE KICKED THE 155MM ROUND AND AFTER IT DID NOT EXPLODE ONE OF THE IA SOLDIERS %%% THE ROUND, MORE TO FOLLOW. \012\012%%%: A/-%%% IN REPORTS %%%-LINE EOD REQUEST FOR REPORTED IED STRIKE ON AN IA CONVOY \012\012%%%: EOD/A/-%%% SP \012\012: /%%% JOC REPORTS THAT THERE WAS NO EXPLOSION, THE IA CONVOY SPOTTED THE IED AND STOPPED TO DISMANTLE THE IED. THEY BELIEVE THE HOLE IS NOT A CRATER, BUT WAS DUG TO IMPLANT THE IED. \012\012: /%%% IA JOC REPORTS THE 155MM RD, THE INITIATOR, AND SOME WIRES FROM THE DISMANTLED IED HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO //%%% IA BN HEADQUARTERS ON %%% BASE.\012\012: /%%% JOC SENDS %%% LINE TO RECOVER IED COMPONENTS FROM FOB CONSTITUTION\012\012 \012 \012%%% ON FOB CONSTITUTION ( )\012%%% INSIDE IA/US FOB ( )\012%%% Marathon Base . %%%/CT\012%%% 1X INITIATOR, \012 WIRES, \012 1X 155mm ROUND\012%%% NONE\012%%% IA \012%%% HALTED\012%%% CORDONED\012%%% IMMEDIATE\012\012%%% EOD/A/-%%% IN ON SITE OF PBA\012\012%%% EOD/HHC/-%%% IN SP BN AREA EN RTE %%% FOB CONSTITUTION TO RECOVER IED COMPONENTS\012\012%%% EOD/A/-%%% IN REPORTS INITIAL ASSESSMENT\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT:\012\012EOD/A/-%%% IN FOUND THE FOLLOWING AT %%% EOD CONDUCTED A PBA AND FOUND %%% FROM ONE 122MM HE PROJECTILE. NO INITIATION SYSTEM WAS FOUND. THE TEAM COLLECTED A SOIL SAMPLE TO TURN OVER TO %%% FOR ANALYSIS. THE IED DETONATION ON AN IA CONVOY RESULTING IN %%% WIA AND %%% KIA. \012\012S2 ASSESSMENT:\012\012THERE HAS BEEN ONLY ONE OTHER IED ATTACK ON THIS PART OF ROUTE %%%. THAT ATTACK OCCURRED ON %%% CONSISTED OF TWO IED DETONATIONS TARGETING A CF MOUNTED PATROL. THE IEDS USED IN TODAY'%%% ATTACK HAVE NO SIMILARITY WITH THE %%%. BASED ON THE LOCATION OF TODAY'%%% EVENTS AQI MEMBERS OPERATING IN AN UNKNOWN CELL OUT OF WESTERN %%% ARE MOST LIKELY RESPONSIBLE. THIS ATTACK WAS TARGETING AN IA CONVOY WITH THE INTENT OF DISRUPTING ISF OPERATIONS.\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X IED STRIKE\012%%% X IED FOUND\012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012\012////CLOSED////%%%