TROOPS FIND WEAPONS CACHE NEAR AR RAMADI

HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND ^ | July 2, 2005 | Capt. Jeffrey S. Pool

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July 2, 2005 Release Number: 05-07-01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TROOPS FIND WEAPONS CACHE NEAR AR RAMADI CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division and Coalition forces from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, uncovered seven weapons caches, a car-bomb factory and a roadside bomb making factory late afternoon on June 30 in the Industrial area, northeast of the Saddam Mosque during a patrol to disrupt terrorist activity last night. This was the first patrol the Iraqi Soldiers conducted with Coalition forces in the area. The Iraqi Soldiers were tipped off to the locations of the caches and factories by local residents. The combat-tested Iraqi battalion, approximately 600 Soldiers, arrived from Baghdad June 28. Their arrival brings the total number of Iraqi Security Forces in the Ramadi area to approximately 2,500 Soldiers. Additional Iraqi battalions are scheduled to arrive throughout the summer. The Iraqi Soldiers discovered the car-bomb factory with a vehicle rigged with explosives at an automotive repair shop in Ramadi. A bomb-making factory was located at a second location with 45 fully prepared roadside bombs inside. Items uncovered at the weapons caches by IA Soldiers and Coalition forces include: a large quantity of bomb-making materials, hundreds of artillery and mortar rounds, dozens of rockets, 55 rifles and machine guns with ammunition, 26 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 65 grenades, masks and explosives of various types. Two foreign males found at a cache site are being questioned in connection to bomb making. Iraqi Soldiers and Coalition forces continue to work together to rid Iraq of terrorists and foreign fighters and to make Iraq safer for all Iraqis. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT Capt. Jeffrey S. Pool, Public Affairs Officer, PoolJS@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil.

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I like this trend.

[ken5050]

Whew!!!..at first read, I thought the headline said "Ramada Inn"

[WakeUpAndVote]

Old Sarge is near Ramadi.

This is welcomed news.

[Modok]

Ping

[ReadyNow]

A quagmire, according to senator Kennedy.

[Alexander Rubin]

This is definitely good news.

[Modok]

It's more like a roach motel for terrorists. They check in but don't check out.

[Seeing Red]

As the President has said, this kind of work takes time...our patience has paid off. Chalk one for America, and strike 10000 for the liberal detractors of the War on Terror...

[Normal4me]

I didn't see any "Assault Weapons" listed there so obviously this is insignificant....(sarc)

[RedRover]

"The Iraqi Soldiers were tipped off to the locations of the caches and factories by local residents."
Great to hear!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Amnasty Int'l, the DNC and MorOns.org aren't going to be happy about this. Durbin, Biden, Pelosi and Kennedy are going to be demanding we give the this stuff back to the terrorists because it doesn't belong to us.

[kublia khan]

The missing armaments of concern are the WMD's. Who took them, who has them, and when will they use them are the questions that we need to find answers to and quickly. I fear that the growing flood of terrorist flowing across the Syrian border are not entering the country with empty hands.

[Just A Nobody]

NYT above the fold front page Sunday edition???

[GSlob]

In olden days, say in 15-16th century one of the two 'foreigners' caught at the explosives cache would be sitted upon a gunpowder barrel (well, nowadays a crate of TNT would have to do) and launched up. The second foreigner would start singing even before the first one's takeoff.

[Just A Nobody]

Let's be happy for this exciting report.
Let's congratulate the Iraqi forces as they assume control of their country.
Let's praise the Iraqi forces, the Iraqi people and the coalition forces for all they are doing.

Afterward, you can go back to the hand wringing. Deal?

[DTogo]

I hope somebody is handing out "C-notes" to the local tipsters, to encourage more of this.

[StoneGiant]

A quagmire, according to senator Kennedy.

[gg188]

Yeah, I thought it meant "Arkansas Ramada".

[Marine_Uncle]

Thanks for post. Yep. The good news shall continue. One cannot help but wonder just how many of literally hundreds of tons of ordnance, and small arms/ammo have been found in the past six months or so. It is one report after another streaming in of weapon caches located. They have to be really running low on crap to use against us and the Iraqis at this point. As for foreign terrorist coming into the country with weapons. Folks Do think a moment. All main road checkpoints now have either coalition and or Iraqi forces posted. They inspect vehicles to make sure nothing comes into the country. The only thing that obviously can get through are terrorist who appear to be legit Arabs. So the stock piles within Iraq are being drained. I am a broken record yes, but remember last year it was reported that more then half the estimated total of all Iraqi ordnance, some 600,000 tons, had been destroyed. I realize there is still a lot of stuff around, and must be scattered around the various provinces, not just in the three hot ones, but surely we are slowly desimating their source of wmds.

[RedRover]

As Archie and Edith used to sing, "Those were the days".