A U.S. Marine with Communications Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires an M-16 rifle during weapons training on Camp Habbaniyah. Department of Defense photo by Marine Cpl. Samantha L. Jones.
Posted on 09/05/2006 6:14:17 PM PDT by SandRat
CAMP FALLUJAH -- Amid a steady counter-insurgency campaign in Baghdad, Fallujah and surrounding areas, combined U.S. and Iraqi forces continue to achieve major successes in locating and destroying enemy weapons caches hidden in those regions.
During recent clearing operations in Adhamiyah - as part of Operation Together Forward - Iraqi forces and Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, captured an improvised-explosive device-making facility. The find included a supply of bomb-making components, three mortar caches and engineering manuals.
On the heels of success in Adhamiyah, Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5, moving as part of Operation Rubicon, recently uncovered hundreds of weapons and combated insurgents in running gun battles in the town of Mushin, west of Habbaniyah.
Cpl. Brandon Stair, a team leader, was among the Marines who discovered the multiple cache sites:
“This area was definitely an insurgent stronghold ... They had stuff for the long fight, and they had stuff for tomorrow. There were initiator systems ready to go.”
“Every cache was a separate set-up,” explained Gunnery Sgt. Kenneth A. Westgate, a platoon sergeant. “We usually find just mortars or just guns. These had a mix of everything.”
Sgt. Joshua D. Cross, a reconnaissance team leader, spoke with local residents while operations proceeded. Cross said one local man, in particular, told the Marines he was grateful for their efforts to rid the region of insurgents.
“He was real grateful for what we were doing there,” Cross said. “That’s gratifying to hear that kind of result. We put a hurting on them. We slowed them down for a couple of months.”
Iraqi Army Soldiers with the 7th Iraqi Army Division discover a weapons cache during a cordon and search at the al-Anbar University in Ramadi, Aug. 2. Department of Defense photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock.
Seems to me like the IRaqi's are getting the hang of things.
Things are really starting to turn around. Getting the #2 Al Quida Canary Bird I bet has helped big time. With more and more Iraqi Army troops in the field and getting more experience the heat is going up on the terrorist.
The DemonicRats and their mouthpiece... the MSM...will shortly have their hands over their ears and eyes....
Cmon Rat, you know that the military is just on pins and needles, stretched to the brink of collapse. Just ask the democrats.
Seems to me like there is an unending supply of blasting caps, manuals, sniper rifles, etc pouring across the Iranian and Syrian borders.
Sorry if a DemonRat said it was going to be a sunny day I'd carry an umbrella and wear my raincoat.
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