Major Weapons Cache Seized in Iraq

The Washington Post ^ | February 26, 2007 | LAUREN FRAYER

[AliVeritas]

BAQOUBA, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large weapons cache that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said.

Details of the find were expected to be announced Monday at a news conference in Baghdad.

But military officials told The Associated Press that the arsenal is one of the biggest found north of the Iraqi capital and contains components for so-called EFPs _ explosively formed projectiles that fire a slug of molten metal that can penetrate armored vehicles.

The U.S. military has said elite Iranian corps are funneling EFPs to Shiite militias in Iraq for use against American troops. The area where the cache was found is dominated by Sunni insurgents but also includes pockets of Shiites.

[AliVeritas]

Also see (NYT warning):
U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/world/middleeast/26weapons.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

[ovrtaxt]

A statement from the U.S. military Monday said that 63 weapons caches have been discovered during major U.S.-Iraqi security sweeps around Baghdad that began Feb. 14.

Wow, good thing the media's been on this story so thoroughly. /sarc

[mainepatsfan]

They're acting like high school kids who don't want to do a paper on the subject.

[Jabba the Nutt]

"U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large weapons cache that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said."

Hmmm, turn these IEDs over to Iranian Kurds, Baluchs and Arabs. You know Blowback is a bee eye itch.

[LM_Guy]

It looks like to me that both the Sunni's and the Shiite's are trying to kill American troops in Iraq.

[justshutupandtakeit]

You must have meant "some" Sunnis and "some" Shi'a in a small part of Iraq.

[Just sayin]

They're acting like high school kids who don't want to do a paper on the subject.

That is worth repeating and repeating and repeating.

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.

[Bigg Red]

God bless and keep our brave fighting men. I hope they find all of these caches soon.

[Bigg Red]

Wow, good thing the media's been on this story so thoroughly.

&&
Well, maybe if the caches had been found in Anna Nicoles's decompositg body the story would have been deemed more newsworthy.