Posted on 10/09/2006 4:52:13 PM PDT by SandRat
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2006 – Soldiers from Multinational Division Baghdad’s 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized a total of 30 weapons caches last week in the southern Baghdad area, U.S. military officials reported.
The caches comprised large quantities of assault rifles, machine guns, ammunition and a wide assortment of explosives and bomb-making materials.
The most significant find within the caches were four aircraft bombs, believed to be 500 pounds apiece. The munitions were intended for building a massive makeshift bomb to be used in Baghdad, officials said.
Other items in the find included 90mm rockets, a 107mm rocket, two fertilizer bags containing homemade explosives, 120mm mortar rounds, an anti-aircraft machine gun, ammunition cans, rocket-propelled grenade launchers with grenades, and a variety of remote-controlled triggering devices.
A suspected terrorist was detained at the scene.
The caches were found during Operation Commando Hunter, which is designed to deny the terrorists sanctuary within the brigade’s area of operations, officials said.
Elsewhere, Iraqi Army soldiers discovered a weapons cache Oct. 5 in Iraq’s Diyala province that included 120mm mortar rounds, mortar fuses and one vehicle with stolen license plates.
The soldiers, from 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, discovered the cache while conducting a cordon and search of the village in an effort to disrupt insurgent activities in the area, U.S. military officials said.
The successful mission came after extensive planning and rehearsal on the part of the Iraqi unit with coalition force advisors assisting during the mission planning and review phases, officials said.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)
Thanks! Good news bump!
OK, I buy that they found 500 lb. bombs. I buy that they were to be used to make IEDs. But how did they know that they were to be used in Baghdad?
er ... because that's where the highest concentration of Islamofascists are????
shhhh...pretty soon the word will get out that we are actually making headway ...naw...I doubt the MSM will pick up on this and report it!
WE DIDN'T GO TO IRAQ TO FIND A COUPLE OF BOMBS. THIS WAR WAS FOR OIL. SADDAM WASN'T A THREAT!!!!!/Liberal off.
When I saw 'weapons caches' I was hoping for WMDs so I can kick some butt in arguments with my predominately liberal friends. Despite that, we are doing a world of good over there. Go troops!
don't worry....the wmd's will be found...most likely in Damascus....but they will be located!!!!!!
Ramsey Clark, the communist a$$-wipe, will sue to have the weapons returned to the Terrorists...er insurgents, on the grounds the troops didn't have probable cause to look for them.
If we just started blowing up this stuff in place it would put a damper on sympathizers helping out. Not everyone wants their block blown up.
Stolen license plates
dang, they are more efficient than most police forces
(Sniff) That's beautiful, man.....
Probably because the suspected terrorist "detained at the scene" told them so. Among other things. heh.
Tell your friends to read the President's speech before the war. WMDs were only part of the reason. Then ask them how many wmds would be enough. Over 500 chemical munitions have been found so far.
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