(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (Large Vehicle-Borne IED ()) /%%% IA, /-%%% CAV : %%% CIV KIA %%% CIV WIA

SIGACT # %%%\012\012MNC- %%% # %%%\012\012MND- %%% # %%%\012\012MND-%%% EVENT: (%%%)\012\012UNIT: - (%%%)\012\012WHO: /%%% IA, /-%%% CAV\012\012WHAT: EXPLOSION\012\012IED TYPE: VBIED\012\012IED DESCRIPTION: VBIED\012\012WHEN: 191050AUG09\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012------------------------------------\012CLOSEST ISF/ SOI CP(%%%): CP %%% \012CP NUMBER: CP %%% \012UNIT: /%%% IA\012GRID LOCATION: %%%\012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: %%% NW\012------------------------------------\012\012TIMELINE:\012%%%: AUDIBLE EXPLOSION NEAR OLD MOD.\012\012: %%% TAC REPORTS %%% EXPLOSION WEST OF THE , %%% GREEN ZONE\012\012%%%: GRID OF DETONATION IS %%%. IA SOLDIERS EN ROUTE %%% LOCATION AND SENDING EMERGENCY VEHICLES. \012\012%%%: SECONDARY DEVICE ON WEST SIDE OF . \012\012%%%: BRAVE WARRIOR %%% REPORTS ON STATION TO ASSIST. REPORTS %%% FIRE TRUCKS ON GROUND, %%% TO %%% CIVILIAN VEHICLES ON FIRE, FIRE IS STILL BURNING WHILE FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO EXTINGUISH FLAMES.\012\012: %%% MITT REPORTS POSSIBLE SECONDARY VBIED AT %%% AND WILD. IA'%%% ARE MOVING TO AREA TO INVESTIGATE.\012\012: /-%%% CAV VERIFIED THAT VBIED WAS ON RAMP \012\012%%%: BDE %%% REPORTS FROM -%%% ISR THAT FIRE IS CONTAINED.\012\012: /%%% ABN SHADOW ON SITE\012\012: /%%% ABN SHADOW OFF STATION\012\012: /-%%% CAV PUSHES %%% PLATOON OUT WITH EOD TO %%%, TO MAKE LINK UP WITH %%% PLATOON ON GROUND.\012\012: /- %%% PLATOON MOVED WITH IA TO CHECK OUT THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE BUILDING.\012\012%%%: LINK UP COMPLETE, EOD MOVING TO BLAST SITE, APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH SIDE\012\012%%%: RED REPORTS EOD COMPLETE WITH ASSESSMENT MOUNTING UP PREPARING TO SP TO SHIELD\012\012%%%: RED RP JSS SHIELD %%% CM\012\012%%%: THE VBIED WAS A %%% TON %%%. THE %%% OF THE TRUCK IS %%% WHO LIVES IN %%%. THE IA ARE STILL TRYING TO CONFIRM WHETHER %%% THE DRIVER OR IF THE TRUCK WAS STOLEN FROM HIM. \012------------------------------------\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DESTROYED VEHICLES ON SCENE, THE TEAM WAS UNABLE TO SPECIFY WHICH PARTS CAME FROM THE VBIED. THE EOD TEAM FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS LARGER THAN A SEDAN, IT IS THE TEAM LEADER'%%% ASSESSMENT THAT THE VBIED CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY %%% POUNDS OF UBE. IT'%%% ALSO THE TEAM LEADER'%%% ASSESSMENT THAT THE UBE HAD A PUSHING EFFECT SIMILAR TO %%% WHICH CAUSED THE AMOUNT OF BLAST DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS PROJECTED A SMALL SEDAN APPROXIMATELY %%% METERS FROM THE OVERPASS. THE INITIATION SYSTEM FOR THE VBIED COULD NOT BE LOCATED DURING THE ANALYSIS. THE ONLY EVIDENCE RECOVERED WAS A SOIL SAMPLE THAT WAS RETAINED BY THE EOD TEAM FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION. \012\012------------------------------------\012-%%% ASSESSMENT: \012AQIZ ELEMENTS WOULD MOST LIKELY CONDUCT THESE ATTACKS IN ORDER TO DISCREDIT THE GOI IN THE PRODUCTION OF SECURITY OF ITS OWN MEMBERS AND OF THE GENERAL POPULATION. AQIZ WOULD HAVE CONDUCTED THESE ATTACKS BEFORE %%% FOR TWO REASONS, FIRST REASON IS TO SHOW THE POPULATION EVEN THE GOI IS UNABLE TO KEEP ITS AREA SAFE AND IS NOT PROTECTED FROM REBELLIOUS ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING WITHIN BAGHDAD. THE SECOND REASON, THE ISF %%% TO CONDUCT EVEN STRICTER SECURITY OPERATIONS DURING THE %%% HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES WHICH %%% THE CIVILIAN POPULATION THROUGHOUT BAGHDAD WHICH WOULD PUT EVEN MORE PRESSURE ON THE CURRENT POLITICAL PARTY TO KEEP %%%. THIS %%% AN ADDITIONAL ATTACK AFTER THE %%% FESTIVITIES AND SECURITY RETURNS TO NORMAL SHOWING THE ISF %%% ABLE TO DISRUPT AQIZ. AT WHICH POINT A %%% POLITICAL PARTY %%% SUPPORT OF PROVIDING SECURITY IN A STRICT AND WITHOUT %%% TIES WHICH WOULD HAVE A BETTER %%% TO FUTURE CITIZENS CAPABLE AND WILLING TO VOTE IN THE %%% ELECTIONS. THERE IS NO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING THEORY HOWEVER. \012------------------------------------\012\012BDE S2 ASSESSMENT: THIS ATTACK WAS CONDUCTED BY AQI TARGETING THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE. THIS ATTACK WAS COORDINATED WITH THE ATTACK ON THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OCCURRING APPROXIMATELY %%% MINUTES AFTER. AQI %%% CONDUCT ATTACKS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISRUPT THE GOI AND THEIR SECURITY EFFORTS. \012\012------------------------------------ \012SUMMARY:\012%%% X VBIED\012%%% X LN'%%% KILLED (ESTIMATED)\012%%% X LN'%%% INJURED (ESTIMATED)\012%%% X VEH'%%% DESTROYED\012\012/////CLOSED/////\012