Concerned Local Citizens Group Finds Large Weapons Cache

Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Spc. Ben Hutto, USA

[SandRat]

BAGHDAD — Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) in Tuwaitha, a village southeast of Baghdad, discovered on Jan. 1 one of the largest weapon caches found since the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team deployed to the Mada’in Qada nine months ago. The cache consisted of two five-gallon jugs of homemade explosives, seven 85 mm rockets, one 73 mm rocket, ten 82 mm mortar rounds, two 57 mm mortar rounds, two 60 mm mortar rounds, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers and two 40 mm explosive projectiles.

“Every time a Concerned Local Citizen brings in ordnance it saves Soldiers’ lives,” said Maj. Desmond Bailey, from Wetumpka, Ala., the operations officer for 3-1st Cav. Regt.

“This demonstrates that more Iraqis are on the side of peace.”

Last fall, Company D conducted Operation Tuwaitha Sunrise, which partnered the unit with CLCs in an effort to drive insurgents from the area.

“The Concerned Local Citizens program is highly successful, which is clearly evident based on the amount of ordnance discovered by the Tuwaitha CLCs,” said 1st Lt. Timothy Eng, from San Jose, Calif., an engineer in Headquarters Troop, 3-1st Cav. Regt.

The 3-1st Cav. Regt. is assigned to the 3rd HBCT, 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Benning, Ga., and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March 2007.

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"Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) in Tuwaitha,...[snip]

The I.A.E.A. Refused to Let U.S. Forces Remove 500 Tons of Uranium From Tawaitha, Iraq, May 22, 2004

San Diego Union Tribune

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“Every time a Concerned Local Citizen brings in ordnance it saves Soldiers’ lives,” said Maj. Desmond Bailey, from Wetumpka, Ala., the operations officer for 3-1st Cav. Regt. “This demonstrates that more Iraqis are on the side of peace.”

Conversely, it demonstrates that more Iraqis are not on the side of the islamic extremists.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I thought this article was about Philadelphia. Sorry!

[Stonewall Jackson]

You’ve got to love these CLC’s. This is the type of reaction we were hoping to receive back in 2003 when we first went into Iraq. Unfortunately, it took several years to win the locals over. But after being lied to and abused by the government for so many years, it is kind of hard to blame them for being suspicious.

[Blind Eye Jones]

Thank you SandRat for all your postings. I always enjoy reading them. You and other Freepers take over where the MSM fail to report the news from Iraq. Good work!