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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12835&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070713-13
July 13, 2007

13th MEU finds 50,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate
Multi National Force – West

CAMP AL TAQADDUM, Iraq – Marines from Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discovered 500, one hundred-pound bags of ammonium nitrate July 11.

Marines stopped two 18-wheel tractor trailers while conducting a vehicle check point north of Karmah. The ammonium nitrate, a common ingredient in improvised explosive devices, was found during a search of the vehicles.

Marines are currently conducting operations north of Fallujah and Karmah to search for weapons caches and to deny enemy activities throughout the area.

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