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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20071223-02
December 23, 2007
Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Special Forces recover large weapons cache
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, recovered a large weapons cache during a raid of a car bomb factory Dec. 21.
Acting on intelligence reports, Iraqi and U.S. Forces conducted a raid on a house being used as a car bomb factory. During the operation, 9,000 pounds of explosives were uncovered in six separate cache sites discovered on the property.
The explosives included 11 50-pound bags of ammonium nitrate, 27 40-gallon drums of explosives, three 20-gallon propane tanks filled with explosive material, 15 SA-7-A surface to air missiles, nine improvised landmines, four 155 mm artillery rounds, three 152 mm projectiles, three 120 mm rounds and one completed car bomb.
There were no Iraqi or U.S. Forces injured during the operations.
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