September 4, 2006
Mon Sep 4, 10:35 AM ET - The U.S. soldier monitors militants movement over Naray in eastern Afghanistan from Chinook helicopter in this August 3, 2006 file photo. U.S. Army force out of New York is keeping up the hunt for Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida allies in eastern Afghanistan despite five years passing since they carried out the Sept. 11 attacks. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash/FILE)
By 101st Airborne
Sep 4, 2006
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Soldiers on patrol near Khanaqin, in the eastern part of Diyala Province, discovered a large cache of mortar and artillery rounds Friday afternoon.
1st Brigade 5th Iraqi Army Division seized 93 artillery shells and 23 mortar rounds and transported the weapons to a local military installation where they were safely destroyed by a US explosive ordnance detachment team in a controlled detonation.
Finding and disposing of weapons caches is an ongoing mission for both Iraqi and coalition forces. Weapons such as those discovered in this cache are commonly used in IEDs and carbombs that terrorists continue to use against innocent civilians as well as security forces throughout Iraq.