Friendly Action / Cache Found/Cleared - Afghan War Diary, 2004 February (sitios de interés)
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Event classification
SECRETEvent summary
"FOUR 107MM ROCKETS FOUND IVO KAF: ON 27 FEB 04, THE 10TH MILITARY POLICE (MP) IMMEDIATE REACTION FORCE CONDUCTED A SECURITY ESCORT FOR AN EXPLOSIVE AND ORDINANCE DEMOLITION (EOD) VEHICLE TO REMOVE SEVERAL 107MM ROCKETS THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY POINTED AT KAF. THE MPS ARRIVED AT THE SITE, WHICH WAS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE VILLAGE OF MORGHAN KECHAH (313159N 0655808E). THERE WERE FOUR ROCKETS CONSISTING OF TWO SETS OF TWO ROCKETS. ONE PAIR OF ROCKETS (313119N 0655820E) WAS ORIENTED WITH AN APPROXIMATE AZIMUTH OF 4610 MILS. THESE ROCKETS WERE PLACED ON A MOUND OF DIRT THAT WAS MADE TO SUPPORT THE ROCKETS AT A CERTAIN ANGLE. BOTH OF THESE ROCKETS HAD FUSES SCREWED INTO THE NOSE OF THE ROCKET. THE SECOND PAIR OF ROCKETS (313118N 0655820E) WAS ORIENTED WITH AN APPROXIMATE AZIMUTH OF 4410 MILS. THESE ROCKETS WERE PLACED IN WHAT SEEMED TO BE A WATER RUNOFF AREA AND WERE PROPPED AGAINST THE SIDE. THERE WERE NOT ANY FUSES IN THE SECOND PAIR OF ROCKETS BUT MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE EOD IRF. THE TIMING DEVICES FOR THE ROCKETS WERE NOT AT THE SITE, AND AFGHAN MILITIA FORCES (AMF) SOLDIERS SAID THAT THE DEVICES HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN TO KAF BY THE AMF. SOME OF THE ROCKETS HAD WIRES ATTACHED AND OTHERS DID NOT. THESE WIRES WERE PROBABLY REMOVED BY THE AMF PATROL THAT CUT THE WIRES AND REMOVED THE TIMING DEVICES. THE ROCKETS WERE MOVED TO A NEARBY LOCATION BEHIND A SMALL HILL AND AWAY FROM THE VILLAGE, AND WERE DESTROYED BY EOD USING EXPLOSIVES. EOD CLEARED THE SITE AFTER DETONATION."
Event identifier
7387E75D-A4BA-45F1-B75A-1D90879D3C03
Event category and type
- Category: Cache Found/Cleared
- Type: Friendly Action
Statistics
Wounded in Action
- Civilian: 0
- Enemy: 0
- Friendly: 0
- Host nation: 0
- Enemy Detained: 0
Killed in Action
- Civilian: 0
- Enemy: 0
- Friendly: 0
- Host nation: 0
Detained in Action
- Enemy: 0
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