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

*** %%% REPORT***\012 ****CONFIRMED BY US****\012\012MND-%%% EVENT (%%%)\012\012UNIT: /%%% CAV (%%%)\012\012WHO: /%%% IA\012\012WHAT: FOUND IED\012\012IED TYPE: HME WITH NUTS AND BOLTS\012\012WHEN: 101003SEP09 \012\012WHERE: IVO MC %%%\012------------------------------------\012CLOSEST ISF/SoI CP(): %%%\012CP NUMBER: \012UNIT:SOI\012GRID LOCATION: \012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: \012------------------------------------\012SUMMARY: \012\012 AN IED WAS FOUND BY /%%% IA NEAR THE %%% SCHOOL. THE IED CONSISTED OF 2X WATER BOTTLES FILLED WITH HME. THE IA REPORTED THAT THE BLASTING CAP WENT OFF WITH NO DETONATION OF THE IED. EOD FOUND EXPLOSIVES WERE %%% MIXED WITH DIESEL FUEL. EOD ASSESSED THAT IT WAS IMPRACTICAL TO ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE MATERIAL. %%% THE MATERIAL WAS NOT A VERY EFFECTIVE EXPLOSIVE. EOD TOOK A SAMPLE AND SCATTERED THE REMAINDER MAKING IT UNUSABLE.\012\012------------------------------------\012S2 ASSESSMENT:USF HELPED OPEN THE %%% SCHOOL YESTERDAY WITH IA AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE %%% IP'%%% HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE CORRUPT IN THE PAST. THE IED TARGETED LOCAL IP'%%% DURING THE SHIFT CHANGE. DUE TO THE NEW SCHOOL OPENING IT IS ASSESSED THAT INSURGENTS ARE TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE THAT ISF CANNOT KEEP THE COMMUNITY AND THEIR CHILDREN SAFE. IT IS MOST LIKELY TO BE THE WORK OF JAI CELLS ACTIVE IN %%%\012\012------------------------------------\012EOD ASSESSMENT: THE EOD TEAM MANEUVERED TO A POST BLAST AT %%% MC %%%, HHC, -%%% CAV. THE EOD %%%-LINE STATED THAT A JOINT PATROL RESPONDED TO AN IED, AND THAT THEY FOUND A SAND BAG FULL OF UBE. THE JOINT PATROL BROUGHT THE BAG OF UBE TO JSS %%%. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE JSS, THE TEAM FOUND OUT THAT THE PATROL HAD NOT RETURNED TO THE JSS YET. THE EOD TEAM WAITED ONE HOUR AND %%% MINUTES BEFORE THE PATROL RETURNED. THE PATROL CONSISTED OF -%%% IA AND HHC, -%%% CAV. ONLY THE IA PORTION OF THE PATROL RETURNED TO THE JSS. CPT , %%% COMMANDER, TOLD THE PATROL TO TAKE A SAMPLE AND FINISH THEIR PATROL. THE IA HANDED THE EOD TEAM LEADER A YOGURT CUP CONTAINING UBE, NUTS, BOLTS, AND TWO NINE VOLT BATTERIES THAT ALL SMELLED OF FUEL.\012THE UBE CAME UP AS %%% AFTER BEING ANALYZED BY THE %%%. PIECES AND PARTS FROM THE IED WHICH HAD ALREADY DETONATED WAS LEFT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLACED. THE EOD TEAM MANEUVERED TO THE POST BLAST SITE ON SOUTH SIDE OF RTE %%%. UPON ARRIVAL, THE TEAM CONDUCTED ' / '%%% AND SET UP A SAFE AREA AT %%% MC %%%. THE EOD TEAM CONDUCTED AN ARMORED RECON OF THE AREA TO ENSURE THAT THE AREA WAS CLEAR OF SECONDARY DEVICES. THE %%%/FUEL MIXTURE WAS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND. THE EOD TEAM LEADER ASSESSES THAT THE %%%/FUEL WAS MIXED IMPROPERLY AND THEREFORE DID NOT HIGH ORDER DETONATE WHEN THE BLASTING CAP FUNCTIONED. THE %%%/FUEL MIXTURE WAS MIXED IN WITH THE DIRT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A SAMPLE OF EXPLOSIVES, BOLTS, NUTS, PAPER, TAPE, PLASTIC, TWO NINE VOLT BATTERIES, AND THE BACK PART OF AN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP, INCLUDING WIRES WERE COLLECTED AS EVIDENCE AND TURNED OVER TO WIT %%% FOR EXPLOITATION. NO ADDITIONAL EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND.\012\012\012\012\012BDA:\012\012%%% X \012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DAM \012\012//CLOSED// %%%