Iraq War Logs · Field report
(ENEMY ACTION) INDIRECT FIRE RPT (Mortar) FOB LOYALTY : %%% INJ/DAM
Report date 2009-02-08 07:07 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »
| Reference ID | Region | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| IRQ20090208n79 | MND-BAGHDAD | 33.33 | 44.48 |
| Date | Type | Category | Affiliation | Detained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-02-08 07:07 | Enemy Action | Indirect Fire | ENEMY | 0 |
| Enemy | Friend | Civilian | Host nation | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed in action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wounded in action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Report text
MND-%%% EVENT: (%%%)\012\012UNIT:/ -%%% SIGACT (%%%)\012\012MND- , %%%\012\012\012MND-%%% EVENT: (%%%)\012\012WHO: -%%% CAV, -%%% ABN\012\012WHAT: MORTAR ATTACK\012\012WHEN: 080720FEB09\012\012WHERE: POO, ALONG ROUTE , , %%%, NEW BAGHDAD. POI, CLOSE TO FOB LOYALTY.\012\012DIV %%% CONFIRMED\012\012 DIV %%% (0719C)\012TGT %%%\012RCS: (-/%%%)\012POO: %%%\012POI: %%%\012ASSESSED AS:81MM \012%%% BY: -%%%/ RED DRAGON %%%\012BDA: NONE REPORTED\012IVO: FOB LOYALTY\012\012\012: -%%% ABN REPORTED %%% X AUDIBLE EXPLOSIONS CLOSE TO FOB LOYALTY, SUPPORTED BY %%% AND GIRAFFE ACQUISITION. %%% CONFIRMED %%%/82MM MORTAR ROUNDS IMPACTED OUTSIDE FOB LOYALTY APPROXIMATELY %%% METERS FROM THE PERIMETER AND THERE %%% X INJ/DMG. THE PREDICTED POO IVO ROUTE %%% AND ROUTE %%% JUNCTION, %%%. THIS FALLS WITHIN NAI NORTH .\012\012: %%% NOTIFIED OF POO SITE.\012\012: %%% ARRIVED AT POI SITES AND INVESTIGATED THE VARIOUS BLASTS. THEY ALSO TOOK PICTURES.\012\012%%%: A %%% ARRIVED AT POO SITE. BEGINS INVESTIGATION.\012\012%%%: A %%%/ A %%% SP FOR POO SITE.\012\012%%%: A %%%/ A %%% ARRIVED AT THE POO SITE, THEY SEARCHED THE AREA AND FOUND NOTHING. THEY GAVE OUT %%% IO TIP CARDS AND PUT IP %%% POSTERS IN THE AREA. THEY ALSO PLACED POO STAKES AT THE IMPACT AREAS.\012\012%%%: UPON %%% OF THE TF %%% FRAGMENTATION RECOVERED WAS %%% WITH %%% 81MM MORTARS. THE STAMPED LOT NUMBERS FOR THE PRIMERS IN ALL %%% WERE %%% OR %%% DATES.\012\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: TEAM MANEUVERED TO %%% TO CONDUCT AN IDF POST BLAST. EOD ARRIVED ON SCENE, PERFORMED /%%%, AND LINKED UP WITH THE ON SCENE SECURITY WHO REPORTED: AT , %%% AUDIBLE DETONATIONS WERE HEARD APPROXIMATELY %%% NORTH OF FOB LOYALTY IVO RTE . -%%% SECURITY THEN STATED THEY RECOVERED TAIL BOOMS FROM THREE 81MM MORTARS. THEY REPORTED AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF FIVE OTHER IMPACT POINTS AND LEFT THE SCENE. TEAM LEADER ADJUSTED QRF SECURITY AND STARTED SITE EXPLOITATION. TEAM LEADER IDENTIFIED SIX IMPACT POINTS, CAPTURED GRIDS AND PICTURES OF ALL THE IMPACT POINTS, AND RECOVERED %%% 81MM TAIL BOOMS AND %%% PARTIAL %%%.\012\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: IDF ATTACK TARGETING FOB LOYALTY WAS LED BY %%%, A KNOWN IDF CELL THAT FREQUENTLY TARGETS AND FIRES UPON FOB . %%% IS KNOWN TO DRIVE A WHITE . %%% REPORTED THAT %%% AT THE POO SITE SAW A WHITE SEDAN ALONG WITH %%% MEN IN BLACK MASKS LEAVING THE POO. IT CAN BE ASSESSED THAT THIS JAM SG CELL HAS DIRECT TIES TO IDF ATTACKS AGAINST FOB %%% AND THEY ARE GOING TO INCLUDE FOB LOYALTY IN ITS FUTURE IDF ATTACKS.\012\012UNIT ACTIONS: GROUND FORCES %%% TO %%% POO AND POI LOCATIONS. UNIT CONTINUES TO FOLLOW UP ON TQ OF LN AT THE POO LOCATION WHO REPORTED THE %%% MEN DRESSED IN BLACK DRIVING WHITE FORD SEDAN BLOCKED CHILDREN FROM ENTERING SCHOOL, SET UP AND FIRED FROM SCHOOL.\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X MORTAR ATTACK\012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012\012 //CLOSED//
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| Report key | 54C60361-423D-4561-54FDC58AC2684E1B |
|---|---|
| Tracking number | 20090208072038SMB |
| Attack on | ENEMY |
| Reporting unit | MND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS |
| Unit name | FOB LOYALTY |
| Type of unit | CF |
| Originator group | MND-BAGHDAD G3 OPS |
| Updated by group | MNC-I SIGACTS MGR |
| MGRS | 38SMB5188 |
| DColor | RED |