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Iraq War Logs · Field report

(EXPLOSIVE HAZARD) IED EXPLOSION RPT (Under Vehicle IED (UVIED)) -%%% IN : %%% CIV KIA %%% CIV WIA

Report date 2009-12-16 08:08 · Published by WikiLeaks on 22 October 2010 · View original report »

Reference IDRegionLatitudeLongitude
IRQ20091216n304MND-BAGHDAD33.0844.61
DateTypeCategoryAffiliationDetained
2009-12-16 08:08Explosive HazardIED ExplosionENEMY0
EnemyFriendCivilianHost nationTotal
Killed in action00101
Wounded in action00303

Report text

MNC- %%%\012\012MND-%%% EVENT \012\012UNIT: -%%% IN /%%% MTN (COP %%%)\012\012WHO: -%%% IN (COP %%%)\012\012WHAT:MA-IED\012\012WHERE: %%%\012\012WHEN: 150850DEC09\012\012\012------------------------------------\012CLOSEST ISF/SOI CP(): //%%% IA CO\012\012CP NUMBER: COMPANY %%%\012\012UNIT: %%% IA \012\012GRID LOCATION: %%% \012\012DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: %%% M SOUTHEAST OF INCIDENT\012------------------------------------\012\012AT APPROXIMATELY 160850DEC09 A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD AT COP %%% AFTER ASSESSING SITUATION, TOWER %%% REPORTED DISTANCE AND DIRECTION OF EXPLOSION. TOWER %%% REPORTED SAF VICINITY SAME LOCATION. LARGE CROWD OF PEOPLE WERE\012SEEN GATHERING AT LOCATION THROUGH %%% CAMERA. GROUP OF SIX TO SEVEN IRAQI MALES CARRYING WHAT APPEARED TO LOOK LIKE A WOODEN CASKET TAKEN TO A NEAR-BY HOUSE AT %%%. A-/-%%% REPORTED THAT %%% WAS KILLED IN A CAR EXPLOSION %%% BY A MAGNETIC IED; AND %%% OF HIS %%% BODYGUARDS WERE INJURED WHICH ARE BEING TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED.\012\012\012\012-%%% ASSESSMENT: \012 %%% INDICATE THAT %%%, THE FIRST SUPPORTER OF THE SOI PROGRAM IN THE AREA, WAS KILLED IN A MAGNETIC IED. A MAGNETIC IED WAS FOUND ON HIS CAR ON %%% AUG . %%% IS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL %%% IN THE OE, AND CONTROLS A LARGE NUMBER OF JOBS. THIS WAS LIKELY A POLITICAL %%% CONDUCTED BY %%%/EXTREMISTS WHO RESENT THE '%%% SUCCESS WITH THE SOI AND FLEXIBLE MAINTENANCE WORKER PROGRAMS. \012\012EOD ASSESSMENT:\012The EOD Team responded to a post blast at %%% ISO %%% IA. The Team arrived on scene and was briefed by the on-scene commander that IED detonated under '%%% vehicle near IA checkpoint. EOD Team Leader recovered cell phone components, possibly used as firing device. Blast seat was measured to be %%% inches long by %%% inches wide. EOD Team Leader approximated explosive charge to be -%%% pounds of UBE. EOD team then turned the scene back over to the on-scene commander\012\012\012\012------------------------------------\012SUMMARY:\012\012%%% X MA-IED\012%%% X CIV KIA\012%%% X CIV INJ\012%%% X CIV VEH\012\012///////////////CLOSED////////////////////

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Report key965258BC-999F-E4F4-E320C5629D624AD3
Tracking number20091216100938SMB
Attack onENEMY
Reporting unitMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Unit name4-31 IN
Type of unitCIV
Originator groupMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
Updated by groupCIOC - Trends and Networks
MGRS38SMB6360
CCIRFFIR2 - ASSASSINATION, ATTACK, KIDNAP, RELEASE, OR ATTEMPT ON LEADERSHIP (IRAQI, COALITION, OR US)
SigactMND-BAGHDAD SIGACT MANAGER
DColorRED