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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17540&Itemid=21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080311-02
March 11, 2008
Iraqi Police in western Iraq seize 5 major weapons caches, detain 1
Multi National Force West PAO
HABBANIYAH, Iraq The Rawah Iraqi Police and the Khalidiyah Iraqi Police and Transition Team and found and cleared 5 major weapons caches and detained one suspect earlier this month.
The Rawah Iraqi Police discovered a weapons cache approximately 7 miles west of Rawah March 7. They were directed by locals on-scene to three more cashes.
The four cashes consisted of 42 PG9 rockets, 28 60 mm mortar rounds, 28 107 mm rockets, 46 82 mm mortar rounds, 1,850 blasting caps, 47 14.5 mm rounds, 2 Sagger guided missiles, 3 Sagger practice guided missiles, 1,079 fuses, 1 tripod, 3 antiaircraft guns, 3 100 mm Heat-T projectiles.
The ordinance was collected and destroyed via controlled detonation.
The Khalidiyah Iraqi Police and Transition Team discovered a weapons cache consisting of 36,300 serviceable blasting caps and detained a suspected insurgent earlier in the month.
The IP transported the blasting caps to the Khalidiyah Police Stations unexploded ordnance pit for disposition by 1st Iraqi Quick Reaction Forces bomb disposal company.
The cache consisted of 24,900 non-electric and 11,400 electric caps.
The discovery of this cache eliminated key components capable of producing more than 11,400 improvised explosive devices.
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/03/islamism_and_free_press.php
“Jihad, Islamism, and the American Free Press”
By Jeffrey Imm
(March 10, 2008)