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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (Booby Trapped Building) //%%% AND A/- : %%% INJ/DAM

Report date 2009-12-03 05:05 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20091203n105MND-BAGHDAD33.6544.25
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-12-03 05:05Explosive HazardIED ExplosionENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00000
Wounded in action00000

Report text

**%%% NATION REPORT**\012 **CONFIRMED BY US**\012\012MND-%%% EVENT: (%%%)\012\012UNIT: /%%% CD (%%%)\012\012WHO: //%%% AND A/-%%%\012\012WHAT: %%%\012\012WHEN: 030500DEC2009\012\012WHERE: MC %%%\012\012IED TYPE: IED\012\012 PLACED: IED %%% AROUND THE HOUSE\012\012IED DESCRIPTION :SEVERAL CONTAINERS OF %%% AROUND THE HOUSE\012\012------------------------------------\012CLOSET ISF/SoI CP(%%%): \012CP NUMBER: \012UNIT: GRID LOCATION: \012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: \012------------------------------------\012\012SUMMARY: \012 %%% IA BDE %%% REPORTED TO -%%% JOC OF AN IED STRIKE ON THE HOUSE OF %%% XO OF %%% BDE/%%% DIV. THE CONSISTED OF SEVERAL %%% CONTAINERS %%% AROUND THE HOUSE. NO KIA OR WOUNDED IN ACTION WERE REPORTED.\012\012-----------------------------------\012EOD %%% LINE\012%%%. 030830DEC09\012%%%. MC \012. \012%%%. MC \012. %%% BLUE . %%% CT \012%%%. PBA\012%%%. NONE\012%%%. NONE\012%%%. HALTED\012. /%%% COMPLETED, CORDON SET\012%%%. NO THREAT\012\012------------------------------------\012S2 ASSESSMENT: PENDING\012\012------------------------------------\012EOD ASSESSMENT: \012THE EOD TEAM RESPONDED TO A POST BLAST AT %%% MC %%% ISO DEMON WHITE /%%% CAV. THE EOD TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE, CONDUCTED /%%%, AND SET UP A SAFE AREA AT %%% MC %%%. COL '%%% FAMILY STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 030400CDEC09 THEY HEARD THREE DETONATIONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOUSE. BEFORE THE EOD TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE //%%% BDE IA RESPONDED OUT OF JSS %%% AND RECOVERED PIECES OF A BLUE PLASTIC CONTAINER THAT CONTAINED THE HME AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAD "%%% HOUR" WRITTEN IN %%% ON A PIECE OF TAPE ATTACHED TO THEM. ALL EVIDENCE COLLECTED BY THE IA WAS TAKEN BACK TO JSS %%% PRIOR TO THE EOD TEAMS ARRIVAL. WHILE THE EOD TEAM WAS CONDUCTING POST BLAST ANALYSIS, THE IA BROUGHT THE EVIDENCE THEY RECOVERED BACK TO THE SITE TO BE EXPLOITED AND TURNED OVER COALITION FORCES. IT IS THE EOD TEAM LEADER'%%% ASSESSMENT THAT THE EACH DEVICE LOW ORDER DETONATED DUE TO THE LACK OF DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING AND THE AMOUNT OF HME SCATTERED AROUND THE AREA. EACH DEVICE CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY %%% TO %%% POUNDS OF HME. THE %%% IDENTIFIED THE HME AS %%% NITRATE. EACH DEVICE WAS INITIATED BY AN ELECTRIC TIME DELAY DEVICE THAT THE EOD TEAM RECOVERED FROM THE IA, ALONG WITH THREE %%% VOLT BATTERIES. ALL EVIDENCE WAS TURNED OVER TO WIT %%% FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION. THE REMAINDER OF THE HME WAS DISPOSED OF BY DETONATION ON SCENE. NO FURTHER EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS WERE FOUND. \012\012------------------------------------\012\012SUMMARY:\012\012 1X IED\012 0X ARREST \012 0X INJ\012 1X DMG (HOUSE)\012 0X KIA\012\012//OPEN//

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Report key54AC05F9-E69C-FDA0-2F1FAA90DFEB1386
Tracking number20091203050038SMC
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit name4/36/9 AND A/2-8
Type of unitISF
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupMNC-I SIGACTS MGR
MGRS38SMC3123
DColorRED