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NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
November 30, 2005
Release Number: 05-11-134
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KIRKUK WEAPONS CACHE STILL YIELDING AMMUNITION
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. forces have removed more than 4,200 mortar rounds from a major weapons cache found outside of an abandoned military base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Sunday.
The buried rounds were discovered by Iraqi Soldiers Sunday morning. The Soldiers removed about 800 mortar rounds before realizing that the cache was much larger than they originally thought. U.S. Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team were called in to help excavate the munitions and secure the area.
The ammunition was buried under concrete blocks with dirt mounded on top. All of the ammunition removed so far has come from one mound located in a field full of similar mounds. The explosives ordnance disposal team at the site expects to find more rounds as the search expands throughout the field.
“It was a good find,” said Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Wayne, the EOD team chief at the site. “I’m glad we found it over someone else. All those rounds are potential IEDs. We just stopped that many more IEDs.”
The rounds will be destroyed in a controlled detonation.
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TIKRIT, Iraq – Hundreds of mortar rounds await disposal. The weapons were unearthed from a huge weapons cache near Kirkuk by Iraqi and Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers. More than 4,200 rounds have been removed from the site since Sunday. (US Army photo)
TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers pose during a break from loading mortar rounds discovered Sunday near Kirkuk. More than 4,200 rounds have been uncovered over the past three days in a massive weapons cache outside of an abandoned Iraqi military base. (US Army photo)
For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=200511137.txt
NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
November 30, 2005
Release Number: 05-11-137
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IRAQ, U.S. FORCES CAPTURE 33 TERROR SUSPECTS
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad Soldiers teamed up with Iraqi security forces to conduct Operation Thunder Blitz in southern Baghdad Nov. 29, resulting in the capture of 33 terror suspects.
Moving rapidly into the area, hundreds of U.S. Soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Iraqi Forces from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Commando Brigade (Wolf Battalion) took the enemy by surprise by securing seven different objectives areas along the Tigris River.
Operation Thunder Blitz was focused on removing weapons and terrorists from the streets prior to the Dec. 15 elections.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, SGT. FIRST CLASS DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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