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Iraq War Logs · Field report

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

Report date 2009-08-05 11:11 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20090805n81MND-BAGHDAD33.344.03
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-08-05 11:11Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

MND-%%% EVENT (%%%)\012\012UNIT:-%%% CAV, -%%% ID\012\012WHO: %%%\012\012WHAT: FOUND IED \012\012WHEN: 051145AUG09\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012\012NEAREST ISF/SOI CP: \012NAME: CP %%%\012UNIT: /-%%% IA\012GRID: %%%\012CP /%%% FROM EVENT\012%%% NORTH WEST\012\012------------------------------------\012\012TIMELINE:\012\012: -%%% CAV RECEIVES REPORT FROM %%% OF FOUND IED IN %%% WA %%%. REQUESTING EOD.\012\012: %%% LINE SENT TO -%%% ID BDE, AND THEN SENT TO EOD. EOD %%% TEAM HAS SP'%%% TO SITE.\012\012%%%: EOD TEAM AT %%% SP'%%% ENROUTE TO FOUND IED SITE.\012\012%%%: EOD TEAM ON SITE, CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING IED.\012\012%%%: EOD %%% IED. CURRENTLY DISABLING IED FOR TRANSPORT TO CONTROL DET SITE.\012\012%%%: EOD REQUESTS AIR %%% FOR CON. DET. AIR CLEARED AT .\012\012%%%: EOD REPORTS %%% MIN TO CONTROL DET.\012\012%%%: EOD REPORTS CONTROL DET COMPLETE.\012\012: //-%%% WITH EOD RP JSS .\012\012------------------------------------\012\012\012%%%-LINE:\012\012%%%. 051145AUG09\012. \012. \012. \012. . %%%/CT CHANNEL /\012%%%. 2XMORTAR ROUNDS WITH WIRES UNKNOWN SIZE\012%%%. NONE\012%%%. CF/CIVILIAN TRAFFIC/IP CONVOY\012%%%. HALTED\012. /%%% CHECKS CONDUCTED AND CORDON SET\012%%%. IMMEDIATE\012\012------------------------------------\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: TEAM MANEUVERED TO AN IED ISO -%%% INF ( /%%%) AND //%%% IA AND LOCAL IP AT GRID %%%. ITEM WAS FOUND DURING ROUTINE CHECKS OF THE AREA, AND REPORTED AS MORTAR ROUNDS INSIDE A TRASH CAN WITH WIRES ATTACHED. TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE AND LEARNED THE IED WAS CONCEALED IN A BAG WITHIN A METAL %%% GALLON DRUM. %%% WERE USED TO EMPTY CONTENTS OF THE DRUM, AND PARTIALLY %%% THE IED. USE OF AN ENERGETIC TOOL RESULTED IN THE HIGH ORDER OF THE ROUNDS. IED CONSISTED OF %%%-VOLT BATTERIES, RED DETONATING CORD, %%% EA. 57MM PROJECTILES, AND A CIRCUIT BOARD WRAPPED IN CELLOPHANE. BATTERIES, DETONATING CORD, AND ROUNDS WERE LOST DURING DISRUPTION ATTEMPT. ALL EVIDENCE COLLECTED %%% OVER TO WIT-%%% FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION. NO ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND.\012\012------------------------------------\012\012S2 ASSESSMENT: (INITIAL)\012\012THE IED FOUND TODAY BY THE %%% TEAM IS LIKELY DUE IN PART OF THE NEW PACT BETWEEN %%% AND THE IA THROUGHOUT THE OE. THIS AREA HAS NOT SEEN IED ACTIVITY TARGETING CF SINCE -%%% CAV'%%% RIP INTO THE AREA. EXPECT AS THIS NEW FORGED ALLIANCE BETWEEN IA AND THE %%% BECOMES EVER MORE PREVALENT, FOR ATTACKS TO BECOME MORE BRAZEN IN NATURE. THIS IED WAS LIKELY AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN INTELLIGENCE AGAINST CF OPERATING IN THE AREA, AND ALSO AGAINST THE NEW %%% TEAM WORKING WITH THE %%% IPS. EXPECT IED ACTIVITY ALONG ASR %%%, SWORD AND MOBILE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT -%%% HOURS. \012------------------------------------\012\012SUMMARY:\012WHILE ON PATROL %%% WITH IA DISCOVERED IED. EOD FROM JSS %%% DISPOSED OF IED BY CONTROL DET.\012\012%%% X FOUND IED\012%%% X DMG\012%%% X INJ\012\012\012///CLOSED\\\\\\ %%%

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Report keyEA0CCD29-AE77-CA8D-BCE1630A41013E1B
Tracking number20090805114538SMB
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit name732 ESFS
Type of unitCF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMB1085
DColorRED