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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED FOUND/CLEARED RPT (Booby Trapped Building) A/-%%% CAV : %%% INJ/DAM

Report date 2009-09-20 13:01 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20090920n103MND-BAGHDAD33.6644.37
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-09-20 13:01Explosive HazardIED Found/ClearedENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

MND-%%% EVENT: %%%\012\012UNIT: /%%% CAV (%%%)\012\012WHO: A/-%%% CAV\012\012WHAT: IED\012\012IED TYPE: %%%\012\012IED DESCRIPTION: HME IN A CAN WITH WIRES AND INITIATOR\012\012WHERE:MC %%%\012\012WHEN: 201300SEP09\012\012========================\012CLOSEST ISF/SOI CP(%%%): SOI CP\012CP NUMBER: %%%\012UNIT: %%%/A\012GRID LOCATION: MC %%%\012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: \012%%% SOUTH\012=========================\012TIMELINE:\012THE INITIAL REPORT ORIGINATED FROM , . %%% CONTACTED THE FEDERAL POLICE IMMEDIATELY UPON THE DISCOVERY OF THE IED INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. THE FEDERAL POLICE CONTACTED THE /%%% IA FOR SUPPORT. AFTER SENDING A PATROL TO THE SITE IN ORDER TO CONFIRM, THE IA REQUESTED US ASSISTANCE. A//-%%% WAS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE ON SCENE; CONFIRMED IED WITH ROBOT AND CALLED %%%-LINE UXO. THE %%%-LINE WAS AS FOLLOWS:\012\012%%%) 201300SEP09\012) %%% MC \012%%%) RED , %%%/CT \012%%%) IED INSIDE HOUSE\012%%%) NONE\012%%%) US/ISF\012%%%) STOP AND SECURE\012%%%) CORDON\012%%%) IMMEDIATE\012\012=========================\012\012EOD ASSESSMENT: THE TEAM MANEUVERED TO AN IED AT %%% MC %%%, ISO %%% PLT, A CO, -%%% CAV. THE TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE, CONDUCTED ' / '%%%, SET UP SAFE AREA AT %%% MC %%%, AND LINKED UP WITH THE ON SCENE COMMANDER. THE ON SCENE COMMANDER STATED THAT . -%%% FOUND A BLUE CONTAINER ON THE SIDE OF HIS HOME, NOTICED WIRES COMING OUT OF IT, AND CONTACTED THE /%%% IA WHICH REQUESTED USF. WHEN THE USF ARRIVED THEY INTERROGATED THE SITE WITH THEIR ROBOT AND CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS AN IED. THE EOD TEAM INTERROGATED THE SCENE REMOTELY AND WAS ABLE TO DISRUPT THE DEVICE USING THE %%% ROBOT. AFTER THE DEVICE WAS DISRUPTED, A SECONDARY SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED REMOTELY AND THE TEAM FOUND NO EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS. THE TEAM LEADER MANUALLY CLEARED THE AREA TO ENSURE THAT ALL EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE MITIGATED AND IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE DISRUPTED DEVICE:\012\012ONE ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP WITH AN %%% QUICK CONNECT\012CLEAR TAPE\012ONE ELECTRONICS PACKAGE WITH BATTERIES AND %%% QUICK CONNECT\012GREEN TAPE \012TWO EA, PIECES OF CARDBOARD FROM THE CAP IF THE CONTAINER\012DETONATING CORD\012SAMPLE OF EXPLOSIVES (%%% MIXTURE OF SILVER NITRATE, %%%, AND %%% VERIFIED BY THE %%%)\012\012IT IS THE TEAM LEADERS ASSESSMENT THAT THE DEVICE CONTAINED %%% TO %%% POUNDS OF EXPLOSIVES AND WAS INITIATED BY AN ELECTRONIC TIMER. ALL EVIDENCE COLLECTED WAS TURNED OVER TO WIT %%% FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION. ALL EXPLOSIVES WHERE DISPOSED OF ON SCENE. NO OTHER EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND.\012\012=========================\012\012-%%% ASSESSMENT:THIS IED WAS MOST LIKELY %%% BY LOCAL AQI ELEMENTS WITH THE INTENT TO INTIMIDATE THE LOCAL POPULACE. LAST MONTH THERE WAS AN IED DETONATION (9X LN WOUNDED) AT THE HOME OF (%%% OF %%%) IN %%% AND TWO IEDS (ONE DETONATED, ONE FOUND) IN THE HOMES OF FPS AND MOSQUE GUARDS JUST NORTH OF %%%. \012=========================\012SUMMARY:\012%%% X /\012%%% X INJ\012%%% X DMG\012\012//CLOSED// %%%

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Report keyD9D48DD7-DD5C-2AFA-BEBCE44FEB00EDA9
Tracking number20090920130038SMC
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit nameA/1-5 CAV
Type of unitCF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMC4124
DColorRED