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Kirkuk, Iraq -- 101st Airborne Division Soldiers form a chain to move mortar rounds found in a massive weapons cache Sunday near Kirkuk. More than 2,700 rounds were discovered near an abandoned Iraqi military base. U.S. Army

Kirkuk, Iraq -- Soldiers pass an 82-mm mortar shell while emptying a massive weapons cache near Kirkuk Sunday. The weapons will be disposed of in a controlled detonation to ensure they don’t fall into terrorist hands for use against Iraqi citizens or coalition forces.

051127-M-0718M-004 Al Asad, Iraq (Nov. 27, 2005) - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Cornett, an explosive ordnance technician checks to make sure the rounds are 37MM AAA after removing them from in a hole hidden in the side of the ridgeline on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Howard G. Mariott (RELEASED)

051127-M-0718M-002 Al Asad, Iraq, (Nov. 27, 2005) - A close up of a weapons cache in the ridgeline on Al Asad Air Base. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Howard G. Mariott (RELEASED)