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To: Godzilla

I hear you.
Glad you're ok.


1,710 posted on 12/31/2005 4:49:00 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051286.txt

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
December 31, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-86


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


WEAPONS SEIZED, TWO SUSPECTS DETAINED

TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. forces in northern Iraq uncovered four weapons caches and detained two suspected terrorists Dec. 30.

A cache of five preassembled IEDs was discovered near Kirkuk by Iraqi Soldiers from the 5th Strategic Infrastructure Battalion. The SIB troops secured the site until a U.S. explosive ordnance disposal team arrived and safely detonated the devices.

A second cache was discovered in Kirkuk by Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The patrol seized more than 80 anti-aircraft artillery shells and 117 detonating fuses. The unit took the explosives to a nearby military base for destruction.

1st BCT Soldiers also discovered a cache near Hawijah and detained two men Dec. 30. The cache consisted of two artillery shells, 30 pounds of explosive propellant, 30 detonating fuses and several other military items

Another small cache of artillery shells was discovered and seized by a patrol from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tal Afar.

For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL.
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1,711 posted on 12/31/2005 4:57:01 PM PST by Cindy
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