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Iraqi Soldiers Capture Terrorists, Find Weapons Caches
American Forces Press Service ^ | Jan 11, 2005

Posted on 01/11/2006 5:18:50 PM PST by SandRat

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2006 – Iraqi soldiers detained four suspected terrorists and discovered two weapons caches today and yesterday, U.S. military officials in Baghdad reported. A tip from citizens led soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, to four individuals suspected of attacking troops near Hawija, Iraq, today.

Four men were picked up along with AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition, various different identification cards, a pair of binoculars and several forms of insurgent propaganda. The men were detained for interviews.

Iraqi troops from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division, discovered a cache during a dismounted patrol in southern Ramadi yesterday. The cache consisted of mortar rounds, high-explosive rounds, illumination rounds, mortar primers, an acetylene tank and three bottles filled with explosive made from fertilizer.

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, discovered a cache during a patrol northwest of Khalidiyah yesterday. The cache consisted of a mortar round with a detonation cord attached, blocks of TNT and an anti-tank guided missile.

(Compiled from Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: caches; capture; find; gnfi; iraq; iraqi; oif; procoalition; soldiers; terrorists; weapons

1 posted on 01/11/2006 5:18:53 PM PST by SandRat
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To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; AlaninSA; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; ...

Every day the Iraqi's are getting better.


2 posted on 01/11/2006 5:19:58 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
discovered a cache during a patrol

Hmmm. "Discovered. . .during a patrol." Could it have been based on local intel? If so, the news just gets better and better if the locals are assisting the Iraqi military to locate this stuff.

3 posted on 01/11/2006 5:50:31 PM PST by hsalaw
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To: ducks1944; Ragtime Cowgirl; Alamo-Girl; TrueBeliever9; maestro; TEXOKIE; My back yard; djreece; ...
Iraqi soldiers detained four suspected terrorists and discovered two weapons caches today and yesterday, U.S. military officials in Baghdad reported. A tip from citizens led soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, to four individuals suspected of attacking troops near Hawija, Iraq, today.

Four men were picked up along with AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition, various different identification cards, a pair of binoculars and several forms of insurgent propaganda. The men were detained for interviews.

4 posted on 01/11/2006 9:46:59 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

Thanks for the ping!


5 posted on 01/11/2006 9:50:23 PM PST by Alamo-Girl (Monthly is the best way to donate to Free Republic!)
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To: SandRat

"Every day the Iraqi's are getting better."

True.

There has been a lot of improvement in 2005 over 2004. 2006 is looking forward to be an even better year for us in Iraq.


6 posted on 01/11/2006 9:53:13 PM PST by Baraonda (Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
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To: SandRat

BTTT


7 posted on 01/12/2006 3:06:16 AM PST by E.G.C.
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