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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (%%% IED) -%%% RTE %%% IVO (ROUTE ): %%% INJ/DAM

Report date 2009-07-25 07:07 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20090725n57MND-BAGHDAD33.344.2
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-07-25 07:07Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

%%%\012\012MNC- %%%\012\012MND-%%% EVENT:(%%%)\012\012UNIT: -%%% IN, -%%% ID\012\012WHO: -%%% RTE %%%\012\012WHAT: FOUND EFP\012\012WHEN: 250716JUL09\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012CLOSEST ISF/SOI CP(%%%): CP %%% TOWER\012UNIT: //%%% IA\012GRID: %%%\012CP %%% FROM EVENT: %%% METERS WEST\012\012------------------------------------\012\012IED %%%-LINE:\012\012%%%: 250716JUL09\012: \012: \012: \012: %%%, DIG \012%%%: POSSIBLE EFP\012%%%: NONE\012%%%: CF/ISF\012%%%: HALTED\012%%%: CORDON\012%%%: IMMEDIATE\012\012------------------------------------\012TIMELINE:\012\012: -%%% RTE %%% REPORTS TO -%%% BN TOC A POSSIBLE EFP\012\012: %%% LINE UXO DROPPED TO BDE\012\012%%%: EOD SP %%% TO SITE\012\012: %%% CONFIRMS THE OBJECT IS AN EFP\012\012%%%: EOD CLEARS EFP\012\012%%%: EOD LEAVES SITE AND (-%%% STB ROUTE %%% CONVOY) CONTINUES MISSION\012\012------------------------------------\012\012EOD %%%:FINAL:TEAM MANEUVERED TO AN IED ISO %%% CO -%%% ID AT %%%. TEAM ARRIVED %%% AND LINKED WITH . %%% BRIEFED %%% THAT UNIT WAS CONDUCTING RTE %%%, HEADING EAST ON RTE %%% WHEN THE HUSKY %%% NOTICED A DISCOLORATION OF SOME ROCKS, APPROX %%% WEST OF ECP %%%. BUFFALO PULLED FORWARD AND INTERROGATED ITEM. BUFFALO UNCOVERED EFP WHICH WAS CONCEALED UNDER SOME ROCKS AND COVERED WITH A RED RAG. BUFFALO MOVED EFP FROM ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION TO FURTHER CONFIRM THAT IT WAS AN IED. EOD TEAM SET UP SAFE AREA AT %%%. TEAM PERFORMED %%% RECON AND DISCOVERED ONE %%%" STEEL EFP WITH RC INITIATION. RC DEVICE WAS A %%% CELL PHONE WITH A DTMF BOARD UTILIZING A WASHING MACHINE TIMER FOR SAFE SEPARATION. TEAM DISRUPTED IED USING %%%. TEAM PERFORMED SECONDARY SEARCH USING ROBOT AND FOUND NO SECONDARY HAZARDS. TEAM CONDUCTED ARMORED RECON AND NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS WERE FOUND. %%% DISMOUNTED AND CLEARED SCENE. WIT %%% COLLECTED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR EVIDENCE:\012%%%. WASHING MACHINE TIMER\012. %%%" STEEL EFP\012. %%% CELL PHONE\012%%%. DTMF BOARD\012%%%. ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP\012%%%. RED RAG WITH TAPE\012 NO ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND.\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: FINAL ASSESSMENT:\012THE EFP THAT WAS FOUND IS UNUSUAL TTP AND VERY RARE FOR THIS AREA. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS A AQI CELL THAT IS WORKING OUT OF THE FIRST OF MARCH AREA DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE EFP AND THE MAKE OF THE EFP. AQI CELLS ARE KNOWN FOR MAKING MAKE SHIFT %%% OUT OF STEEL INSTEAD OF COPPER. WE HAVE NOT HAD A LOT OF EFP ACTIVITY WITHIN THE . %%% LAST EFP ATTACK WAS IN MARCH AGAINST DAGGER IRON CLAW WHICH WAS WEST OF %%%. WE HAVE HAD TWO OTHER EFP INCIDENTS, ONE BEING A HOAX EFP IN WHICH KNOWN / %%% AREA AND ANOTHER ONE WAS FOUND IN WHAT IS KNOW -%%% AREA BUT THAT EFP HAD NO INITIATION SYSTEM. \012\012------------------------------------\012SUMMARY:\012 -%%% RTE %%% FOUND AN EFP. AT %%% EOD CLEARED THE EFP. %%% EOD LEAVES THE SITE AND %%% CONTINUES MISSION.\012\012 %%% X FOUND-EFP\012 %%% X INJ \012 %%% X DMG\012\012CLOSED %%%\012

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Report keyB04EA3C6-082A-4262-E77329297D3C969F
Tracking number20090725071638SMB
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit name2-1 RTE CLEARANCE
Type of unitCF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMB2585
CCIRFFIR19 - EVENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE SUCCESS BY CF, ISF, OR SOI AGAINST ENEMY, OR SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE INEFFECTIVENESS OR COULD PORTRAY THESE GROUPS IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT.
SigactMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
DColorRED