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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (Improvised Explosive Device (IED)) HHC/- /%%% IA : %%% UE DET

Report date 2009-06-20 00:12 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20090620n93MND-N33.744.2
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-06-20 00:12Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY2
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

MND-%%% EVENT: (%%%) \012\012UNIT: %%% SBCT\012\012WHO: HHC/- /%%% IA (COMBINED)\012\012WHAT: FOUND IED\012\012IED DETERMINATION:\012%%%- IED\012%%%- SURFACE\012- %%%-VEHICLE\012%%%- VOIED\012%%%- UBE\012\012WHEN: %%% JUNE %%%\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012CLOSEST ISF/SoI CP(%%%): SoI\012CP NUMBER: SoI\012UNIT: SoI\012GRID: %%%\012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION:\012%%% SOUTHEAST \012------------------------------------\012TIMELINE: \012\012%%%: HHC/-%%% REPORTS THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS LOW CRAWLING APPROX %%% METERS NORTH OF JSS %%%. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE %%% SOMETHING.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% SP JSS %%% TO INVESTIGATE TWO INDIVIDUALS.\012\012%%%: SHADOW REPORTS TWO HOT SPOTS POSSIBLE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN A PALM GROVE IVO GRID MC .\012\012: %%% ON STATION.\012\012%%%: IA IS SEARCHING PALM GROVE.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% IS SENDING DISMOUNTS TO SEARCH PALM GROVE IVO GRID MC .\012\012%%%: HHC/-%%% REPORTS SEEING THE IA ENGAGING SOMEONE ON THEIR %%% CAMERA AND IS MANEUVERING TOWARDS THEM. HHC/-%%% SAYS THE ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED %%% EAST OF GRID MC %%%. REPORTED TO BE %%% TO %%% ROUNDS WITH .\012\012%%%: AWT ON STATION.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% MOVING BACK TO VEHICLES PULLING SECURITY AND SUPPORTING IA.\012\012: /%%% IA HAVE %%% DETAINEES AT THIS TIME. /%%% IA IS MOVING BACK TO THEIR VEHICLES. COMMAND WIRE WAS RECOVERED. %%%/HHC/-%%% IS SENDING DISMOUNTS CONDUCT A CACHE SEARCH IN AREA. \012\012: %%% RND .\012\012: %%% IS FOLLOWING A TRUCK THAT %%% INDIVIDUALS GOT INTO AFTER CRAWLING OUT OF A DITCH AT GRID MC .\012\012: %%% REPORTS TRUCK STOPPED AT GRID MC %%%. TRUCK STOPPED AND TALKING TO SOMEONE.\012\012: %%% REPORTS TRUCK IS MOVING AGAIN AND STOPPED AT GRID MC %%%. TWO INDIVIDUALS EXITED THE VEHICLE AND ENTERED A HOUSE.\012\012%%%: EOM %%% RNDS 120MM ILLUM.\012\012: %%% REPORTS ONE INDIVIDUAL CAME OUT OF HOUSE AND GOT INTO THE TRUCK. TRUCK IS NOW STOPPED AT GRID MC .\012\012: %%% REPORTS TRUCK IS MOVING AGAIN.\012\012: %%% REPORTS TRUCK STOPPED AT GRID MC %%%. FOUR INDIVIDUALS GATHERING.\012\012: %%% IS SPARKLING THE TRUCK.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% CALLS UP %%% LINE UXO REPORT.\012\012%%% LINE UXO REPORT:\012.) %%% JUNE \012.) \012.) %%% WHITE/ \012%%%.) IED \012.) %%%/A\012%%%.) CF\012%%%.) NONE\012.) %%% CORDON SET\012%%%.) IMMEDIATE\012\012*NOTE: CRUSH WIRE IED CONNECTED TO A SPEED BUMP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.\012\012: %%% LINE CALLED TO BDE.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% MOVING BACK TO TRUCKS.\012\012%%%: EOD SP TAJI.\012\012%%%: EOD RP SITE.\012\012%%%: HHC/-%%% REPORTS THE TWO DETAINEES TEST RESULTS WERE NEGATIVE FOR %%% AND .\012\012%%%: HHC/-%%% REPORTS ONE OF THE DETAINEES %%% THAT THEY WERE RELEASING THE WATER IN THE CANAL LIKE THEY DO EVERY MORNING.\012\012%%%: THE TWO DETAINEES WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT EARLIER. THEIR NAMES ARE - -.\012\012%%%: EOD REQUESTING AIR CLEARANCE FOR %%%. BLAST: , : %%% CHARGE: 10LBS. CALLED UP TO BDE.\012\012%%%: AIR CLEAR FOR .\012\012: %%% MINUTE WARNING FOR .\012\012: %%% MINUTE WARNING FOR .\012\012: %%% MINUTE WARNING FOR .\012\012: %%% COMPLETE.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% SP SITE ENROUTE TO JSS %%%. EOD SP ENROUTE TO TAJI.\012\012: %%%/HHC/-%%% RP JSS %%%.\012\012------------------------------------\012EOD ASSESSMENT:\012\012THE IED WAS REMOTELY DISRUPTED USING THE %%% BLOWN IN PLACE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT GRID %%%. SCENE WAS CLEARED BY ARMORED RECON FOLLOWED BY DISMOUNTED /%%%. NO EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND AND ALL NON EXPLOSIVE ITEMS WERE HANDED OVER TO WIT %%% FOR EXPLOITATION.\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: \012\012FROM THIS IED, IT IS ASSESSED THAT AQI %%% THIS IED WITH THE INTENTION TO DISCREDIT CF/ISF ABILITY TO MAINTAIN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY OF %%%. THERE ARE MULTIPLE AQI %%% IN THE AREA OF THIS IED %%%\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X FOUND IED \012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012\012TIP: NO\012\012//CLOSED//%%%

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Report keyFAFB3101-ADA5-C7A1-77496B927B4451D3
Tracking number20090620005838SMC
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit nameHHC/1-111 & 2/36 IA
Type of unitCF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMC33
DColorRED