Posted on 12/18/2005 8:30:22 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
December 18, 2005
Release A051218b
Major IED manufacturing cache discovered
TIKRIT, Iraq – A large cache of IED components was discovered by Soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers, Dec. 15 near Hawijah.
A pair of scout helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division spotted several individuals behaving suspiciously and the pilots radioed the location to a nearby patrol from the Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.
The pilots’ instincts were confirmed when the patrol found a cache buried nearby in several 55 gallon drums.
The cache consisted of 414 two way radios, 48 circuit boards and more than 100 timing devices, all used as components in IED manufacturing. The cache also included small amounts of AK-47 ammunition, detonation cord, batteries and several bomb making manuals.
This is the second time in less than a month that 1st BCT has uncovered a major cache in its area. Soldiers discovered more than 4,200 mortar rounds in a single cache Nov. 27 near Kirkuk.
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For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
Note that the 4,200 rounds was found in 2 mounds in a field full of them. We're not half done with that cache yet .
The story should be headlines all over but of course it won't be.
I sure am happy they keep finding those things. That is just less stuff the terrorists can use to create harm and violence. I hope they find a lot more stuff, probably in Syria and Iran!
'Improvised,' my-great-Aunt-Regretta-who-won-the-Derby.
These are 'kits' coming in ready-made from Syria, Iran, or both.
Sounds like these guys found a honey hole.
Hey credit where credti is due.
bttt
"We can't win!"
"Retreat!"
The Best of the Best are takiing GREAT Care of us. In a lot of ways these things are weapons of mass destruction also.
Oh this is old, saw in the NEW YORK TIMES, AP Wire, Rueters, Wash Post, LA Times, jeez ion just about every MSM outlet. (sacr/off)
This is good news.
> These are 'kits' coming in ready-made from Syria, Iran, or both.
The Admin really needs to instruct the DOD to report it.
I suspect the answer is telling.
The kits can be ordered at http://www.my-IED.com for overnight delivery.
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