(FRIENDLY ACTION) ESCALATION OF FORCE RPT WHITE/HHC/-%%% CAV : %%% CIV WIA

\012\012Initial Report:\012\012WHO: WHITE/HHC/-%%% CAV\012\012WHAT: EOF\012\012WHEN: %%%\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012HOW: %%%/HHC/-%%% CAV was departing Hawijah en route %%% a unilateral Counter-Indirect Fire patrol and was in the process of turning around to return to the city center to respond to a PIED and a direct fire rocket attack against the Battalion %%% platoon. A %%% vehicle in %%% observed an approximately %%% year old male throwing what he believed was an -%%% and reacted to %%% by firing 1x %%% gauge %%% round IAW the battalion SOP. The %%% missed and the patrol continued its movement to the PIED. The youth is currently in the Hawijah Hospital with a reported leg injury. The battalion %%% Platoon is enroute to the hospital to verify the reported injuries. The Battalion Commander directed the Company Commander to conduct a commander'%%% inquiry to determine the facts surrounding the event.\012\012UPDATE %%%: The Scouts have returned from the hospital. The visited the wounded - %%% old as well as his parents. The kid has a slight leg fracture from %%% rounds of buck shot. The kid admitted that he was throwing rocks at the convoy. The parents were very thankful they came by and the parents apologized for the incident and for showing restraint and not killing the boy (the %%% if he does it again he %%% himself). The scouts took the names and %%% numbers of the family and they %%% in a few days to see how the boy is doing.\012\012PAO ASSESSMENT: A young boy was wounded today after attacking a US vehicle with what they believed was an %%%. The boy is in the Hawijah hospital and is in stable condition. Iraqi police are investigating the incident.\012\012IO ASSESSMENT: Continue mission. Monitor environment for reactions to this event. A product is available that encourages children to not play with toy weapons. \012\012EOD ASSESSMENT:%%%/A\012\012-%%% ASSESSMENT: We have not seen a SAF incident in Hawijah since %%%. This is the third SIGACT in Hawijah today and it is not common for this many SIGACTs to occur in the city daily. It is possible that the %%%-year-old who attacked White/HHC'%%% convoy with the unknown object was paid by members of an insurgent group, possibly ISI.\012\012Meets MND-%%% criteria .\012\012///%%%///////////