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Type
Enemy Action
Category
Indirect Fire
Tracking number
20091231213238SMB
Region
MND-BAGHDAD
Reporting unit
JASG-C Admin
Unit name
JASG-C, JDOC
Type of unit
CF
Attack on
ENEMY
MGRS
38SMB4484
Originator group
JASG-C Admin
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MNC-I SIGACTS MGR
CCIR
FFIR11 - EVENTS THAT AFFECT THE SECURITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ZONE (IZ), ROUTE IRISH, VICTORY BASE CAMP (INCLUDING BIAP), COMBAT OUTPOSTS, JOINT SECURITY STATIONS, OR PATROL BASES
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JASG-C Admin
Affiliation
ENEMY
Dcolor
RED
Classification
SECRET
(ENEMY ACTION) INDIRECT FIRE RPT (Rocket) -%%%, JDOC : %%% INJ/DAM
2009-12-31 21:32:00
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MND-%%% EVENT WHO: -%%% (IZ) WHAT: CONFIRMED EXPLOSION IN THE IZ WHEN: 312132DEC09 WHERE: %%% HOW: IZ POLICE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE %%% EMBASSY ( %%%)WHO REPORT A DETONATED MORTAR ROUND WITH NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE. %%% EOD WAS OFFERED AND DECLINED. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S2 ASSESSMENT: HISTORICALLY WE ' %%% ANY ACTIVITY ORIGINATING FROM THE %%% AREA AND MINIMAL ACTIVITY FROM THE %%% AREA. THE TIMES OF THE ATTACKS COINCIDE WITH HISTORICAL LAUNCH TIMES BETWEEN %%% AND %%%, ALONG WITH DAY OF THE WEEK. BASED UPON CREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS, MND-%%% HAS BEEN ASSESSING '%%% INTENT TO CONDUCT IDF ATTACKS TARGETING THE IZ. MND-%%% ALSO ASSESSES THAT %%% IS CONTINUING TO ADHERE TO THE CEASEFIRE. SINCE THE VISIT OF THE VICE %%% IN %%%, IDF INCIDENTS HAVE FOLLOWED A TREND OF TWO ATTACKS PER MONTH, WITH A -%%% DAY SEPARATION IN BETWEEN THOSE ATTACKS. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, WE %%% SEE AN IDF INCIDENT AROUND %%%. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EOD ASSESSMENT: %%%/A %%% x DET %%% x KIA %%% x WIA %%% x DMG ///CLOSED/// --------------------------------------------------------------------- -%%% SIGACT -%%% EVENT: UNIT: /%%% MTN WHO: -%%% IN WHAT: ROCKET ATTACK AGAINST INTERNATIONAL ZONE WHEN: %%% WHERE: %%% ------------------------------------ CLOSEST ISF/SoI CP(%%%): FP CP NUMBER: %%% UNIT: --%%% FP GRID LOCATION: %%% DISTANCE AND DIRECTION: /%%% ------------------------------------ TIMELINE: TOWER %%% AT JSS %%% REPORTS HEARING A ROCKET LAUNCH. /%%% MTN FIRES REPORTS 1X ROCKET ACQUISITION. POO %%%, POI . -%%% FPS SENT TO %%% TO CONDUCT SEARCH OF POO, REPORT NOTHING FOUND AT POO. NFI ------------------------------------ S2 ASSESSMENT: AFTER FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE ROCKET ATTACKS THAT OCCURRED ON THE EVENING OF 31DEC09, WE BELIEVE THE ATTACKS WERE CONDUCTED BY BKH. BKH TYPICALLY TARGETS THE GREEN ZONE WITH ROCKETS ATTACKS AND ONLY THEY POSSESS THEY TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND TRAINING TO CONDUCT 107MM ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM NEW %%% AND STILL MAINTAIN ACCURACY WITH THEIR ATTACKS. EACH OF THE ROCKETS WERE FIRED AT THEIR %%% TARGET THE GREEN ZONE, SOMETHING AN INEXPERIENCED PERSON WOULD UNLIKELY BE ABLE TO DO. THE ROCKET RAILS FROM THE ATTACKS MATCHED THOSE FROM THE ATTACKS FROM THE ORANGE PEEL AREA TARGETING JSS LOYALTY SO WE BELIEVE THE BKH TRAINERS AND %%% IN THE %%% AREA ARE RESPONSIBLE. ONE OF THE TIMER INITIATORS FROM THE ATTACKS WAS RECOVERED AND SET TO %%% MINUTES. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN THE ROCKET IS IN PLACE, %%% MINUTES LATER THE ROCKET %%% THE %%% PLENTY OF TIME TO EGRESS THE AREA. ONCE AN ATTACK OCCURS, THE %%% HAVE ALREADY HAD A %%% MINUTE %%% START TO GET AWAY. ------------------------------------ G2 ASSESSMENT: REPORTING INDICATED THAT %%%, A %%% TECHNICAL EXPERT, HAD A MEETING WITH %%%, WHO IS WEAPONS %%% AND WAREHOUSE MANAGER, %%%/A -%%% FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. FOLLOWING THIS, %%% REPORTEDLY TRAVELED TO %%%, POSSIBLY TO FACILITATE THE ATTACKS ON %%% DEC. OTHER REPORTING SEEMED TO SPECIFY THE USE OF 107MM ROCKETS. ALSO, PREVIOUS REPORTING INDICATED THAT %%% INTENDED TO CONDUCT ATTACKS TARGETING THE EMBASSY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THE COORDINATION OF THESE ATTACKS FROM AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT POINTS OF ORIGIN AROUND BAGHDAD, WITH FAIRLY GOOD ACCURACY AND EXECUTION, ARE SIMILAR IN %%% TO THE IDF ATTACKS IN -%%%, WHICH WERE CONFIRMED TO HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY %%%. IN ADDITION, THE COORDINATION OF THESE ATTACKS, AND THE TIMING, INDICATES THAT THEY HAD AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT IDF %%% COORDINATED TO CONDUCT THE ATTACKS ON 31DEC09. IT'%%% POSSIBLE THAT THEY %%% ATTACKS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS (AS OF ), %%% TO THE PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS IN %%% THAT THEY TARGETED THE IZ ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS (-%%% SEP). ------------------------------------ SUMMARY: ROCKET ATTACK %%% X %%% ATK %%% X INJ %%% X DMG /////CLOSED///// %%%