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

/ :%%%\012\012WHO: PSD/HHC/-%%% \012\012REPORTED BY: -%%% CAV ISF LNO\012\012WHEN: 061000OCT09\012\012WHERE: Ninewah Province, Mosul, IVO %%% Gardens Neighborhood and RTE , %%% \012\012WHAT: IED /%%%-Confirmed -Ineffective\012\012HOW: At 061000OCT09 ISF LNO'%%% received a report about a possible IED. PSD/HHC/-%%% was sent as EOD escort to investigate the possible IED IVO %%% Gardens Neighborhood and RTE %%% at %%%. The device was described as a plastic bag over a metal box with approx 15lbs UBE with a cell phone initiator. The EOD robot was sent to interrogate the device. The IED was confirmed by CF EOD and %%% in place. %%% blast window open. %%% IED is reduced.\012\012EOD Assessment: Team -%%% responded to an IED IVO %%%, ISO ISF. Team established a safe area IVO %%%. ISF identified an IED along the north side of Route %%% and requested EOD support. Team responded as an advisor to the %%% Division Federal Police EOD team. FP EOD recovered the initiation and disposed of the explosives. The IED consisted of a metal box with approximately 15lbs. ..%%%. of UBE and a cell phone/DTMF initiation. FP EOD retained all evidence. No other explosive hazards were found. \012S2 Assessment: \012The last IED IVO this area was on 30SEP09 at the %%% Traffic Circle. This IED activity has been assessed to have increased due to the continued presence of ISF within the city. This IED is possibly contributed to %%%, an associate of %%%. \012\012BDA: None\012\012REPORT STATUS: ///CLOSED/// 061700OCT09