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WEAPONS CACHE FOUND
U.S. Central Command ^ | 6/30/2005 | U.S. Central Command

Posted on 06/30/2005 8:14:43 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894


June 30, 2005
Release Number: 05-06-24

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WEAPONS CACHE FOUND

KIRKUK AIR BASE, Iraq – Iraqi citizens assisted Coalition forces in finding more than 4,000 pounds of high explosives, near Kirkuk Air Base over the past two days in two separate incidents.

Officials received a tip from a local Iraqi about buried explosives June 29. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen assigned here found a cache of 400 artillery projectiles buried approximately 12 km south of the base.

In response to another tip June 30, EOD recovered an ammunition cache of approximately 270 artillery projectiles approximately 7 km north of the base.

More than 670 potentially dangerous munitions have been destroyed due to the efforts of Iraqi citizens coming forward with this information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REQUEST PHOTOS OF THE CACHES, CONTACT U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AIR FORCES FORWARD PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT PAO@AUAB.CENTAF.AF.MIL

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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Iraqis stepping up and doing the right thing. This is just what we need.
1 posted on 06/30/2005 8:14:44 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

WOO-HOO!


2 posted on 06/30/2005 8:15:10 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Still no weapons of mass destruction. Withdraw now!

:) HA! Just kidding!

It's great news.


3 posted on 06/30/2005 8:16:21 PM PDT by writer33 ("In Defense of Liberty," a political thriller, released in March. Buy it. I need new shoes. :))
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Imagine that.


4 posted on 06/30/2005 8:17:38 PM PDT by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Iraqi citizens assisted

That is why the terrorists are doomed.
5 posted on 06/30/2005 8:18:59 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I'm proud of the Iraqi's efforts to take control of their long-suffering country. God Bless Our Troops!


6 posted on 06/30/2005 8:19:53 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Way to go!! Great find!!


7 posted on 06/30/2005 8:22:48 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (If alcohol kills off brain cells,Ted Kennedy needs to be on life support....)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Well fortunately, with one troop per square mile on average, we can be absolutely certain there are no WMDs in Iraq.

Disregard http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/04/content_1569696.htm and http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-07/09/content_1586348.htm and, ahem, http://www.stimson.org/cbw/?sn=cb20020112241 ...
8 posted on 06/30/2005 8:25:36 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Iraqis stepping up and doing the right thing. This is just what we need."

This is great news in defeating the enemy of freedom in Iraq.

The jihadist enemy will be defeated!

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Reynolds, left, of Newvienna, Ohio, and U.S. Navy Corpsman Marcus Arnold of Odessa, Texas break the padlocks on storefronts with hammers while searching the Iraqi town of Hit, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 30th, 2005. Now in its third day, Operation Sword, with more than 1,000 U.S. troops and Iraqi forces, aims to crush insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq and is the third major offensive in the area in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

A U.S. Blackhawk helicopter flies over a cement-works factory near the northern Iraqi city of Tall Afar June 29th, 2005. Photo by Namir Noor-Eldeen/Reuters

U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Richard Canin, right, of Delaware, Ohio and Lance Cpl. Aaron Reynolds of Newvienna, Ohio, enter a shop while Sgt. Andrew Taylor of Dayton, Ohio reads a map in Hit, 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 30th, 2005. Now in its third day, Operation Sword, with more than 1,000 U.S. troops and Iraqi forces, aims to crush insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq and is the third major offensive in the area in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

picture released by the US Army shows soldiers exiting a house and moving toward another room during a raid in central Iraq. Iraq's foreign minister called on Islamic nations to support Baghdad in the fight against (jihadist killers), who murdered at least a dozen more people. (AFP/US Army)

An Iraqi soldier shows weapons seized during an overnight raid in the village of Khan Bani Saad, south of the Iraqi city of Baquba, northeast of Baghdad. The army said 35 suspects were arrested and huge weapons caches were discovered along with books on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein(AFP/Ali Yussef)

9 posted on 06/30/2005 8:32:01 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Here's a book that's worth your time.


But you'll never hear the liberal media quote these facts.
10 posted on 06/30/2005 8:33:48 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die)
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To: ProudVet77
Iraqi citizens assisted

"That is why the terrorists are doomed."

From this article posted last week about terrorists attacking an Iraqi police station....

By 6.30am a police machine-gunner on the roof at Baya'a helped turn the tide, firing volleys which forced attackers to take cover and enabled his comrades to take better positions. Residents of the mixed Shia and Sunni neighbourhood made at least 55 phone calls informing the police of insurgent movements. Some fired on the attackers.

11 posted on 06/30/2005 8:43:54 PM PDT by kanawa (Faith, Freedom, Family)
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To: kanawa

Funny I did not see that in my Boston Globe.
/sarcasm


12 posted on 06/30/2005 8:46:46 PM PDT by ProudVet77 (NASCAR - Because it's the way Americans drive.)
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To: Yosemitest

Excellent!!


13 posted on 06/30/2005 8:56:16 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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To: ProudVet77

Iraqi citizen bump!


14 posted on 07/01/2005 11:21:00 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
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