(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (Improvised Explosive Device (IED)) //- : %%% INJ/DAM

MND-%%% EVENT (%%%)\012\012UNIT: %%% SBCT\012\012WHO: //-%%% \012\012WHAT: FOUND %%%\012\012IED DESCRIPTION:\012%%%- IMPROVISED ROCKET LAUNCHER IED\012%%%- BURIED\012- %%%-INFRASTRUCTURE\012%%%- COMMAND\012%%%- MILITARY EXPLOSIVES\012\012\012WHEN : %%% APR %%%\012\012WHERE: %%% \012\012-----------------------------------\012TIMELINE:\012\012: //-%%% WHILE ON MISSION CLEARING IED //-%%% FOUND %%% PLACED ROCKET \012\012%%% LINE UXO/IED\012%%%. 241508APR09\012. \012. %%% GREEN %%% CH.\012. %%% PLACED ROCKET \012%%%. NONE\012%%%. CF\012%%%. NONE\012. /%%% AND %%% CORDON\012%%%. IMMEDIATE\012\012: /-%%% REPORTS THAT EOD HAS TAKEN THE ROCKET %%% WITH THEM AND /-%%% IS RETURNING TO JSS %%%.\012\012-----------------------------------\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: BLASTER -%%% FOUND AT GRID %%% 1X %%% WAS BURIED IN A LARGE MOUND OF DIRT %%% M OFF THE ROAD THE %%% WAS %%% PIPE WITH A 57MM ROCKET INSIDE CONNECTED TO %%% OF COMMAND WIRE. ITEM WAS %%% BY THE IA MAJ %%% TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE. ROCKET IS BEING TRANSPORTED TO A SAFE DISPOSAL AREA (SERVICEABLE)\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: BASED ON TWO INDEPENDENT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE (HUMINT) REPORTS FIRST RECEIVED YESTERDAY, IT IS PROJECTED THAT THIS ROCKET WAS TO BE %%% IN AN IMMINENT ATTACK TO BE CONDUCTED BY AQI ELEMENTS AGAINST A GOVERNMENT FACILITY IN %%%. IT IS ASSESSED THAT AQI ELEMENTS PLANNED ON LAUNCHING THE ROCKET EITHER ON %%% THE PRIMARY TARGET WAS TO BE %%% HALL; A PRIMARY MEETING FACILITY FOR LOCAL SHEIKS, %%%, CF, AND ISF MEMBERS. THE TARGETED DATES ARE A %%% AND %%% RESPECTIVELY, BOTH DAYS IN WHICH -%%% INFANTRY LEADERSHIP MEET IN PERSON WITH LOCAL %%% OFFICIALS AT THE HALL. THE PROPOSED CELL LEADER FOR THIS PROPOSED ATTACK WAS NAMED AS %%%, AN EXPERT ROCKET OPERATIONS, AND THE SUSPECTED LAUNCH SITE WAS TO BE THE %%% STATION IN THE VICINITY OF %%%, BUT THE COMPOSITION OF THE ROCKET SYSTEM YIELDS A MULTITUDE OF CONTINGENCY SITES IF NEED BE. \012 %%% IS ALSO ACCUSED OF CONDUCTING RECENT BICYCLE IEDS AS WELL AS OTHER FORMS OF ATTACKS. HE IS AN EFFECTIVE INSURGENT AND USUALLY WHEN THIS INDIVIDUAL IS MENTIONED BY NAME IN REGARD TO A PROJECTED ATTACK, THE ATTACK TENDS TO COME TO FRUITION. DUE TO THE ROCKET FIND AT THE %%% STATION, THE %%% FACETED REPORTING ON THE SUBJECT, THE UNSTABLE POLITICAL SITUATION WITHIN THE AREA, AS WELL AS THE %%% OF THE SOURCES ACCOUNTS, IT IS PROJECTED THAT THIS RG ATTACK WAS CREDIBLE AND WAS READY TO BE COMMITTED DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED DATES. \012\012SUMMARY:\012%%% X \012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012\012TIP: YES HUMINT REPORTS FROM YESTERDAY\012\012//CLOSED//