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“More Troops Needed in Afghanistan, General Says”
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2008 – Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it’s time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said today.”
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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22217&Itemid=128
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080907-04
Sept. 7, 2008
Iraqi tip leads to large cache discovery
Multi-National Division – Center
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Coalition forces, acting on a tip from local Iraqi citizens, discovered a cache containing more than 2,500 components Sep. 6 southeast of Samrah Village in the Babil province. It is believed this discovery will significantly disrupt explosively formed projectiles attacks within central Iraq.
Soldiers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, found the cache after a group of local Iraqi citizens informed them of a suspected cache location that had recently received more munitions.
The Iraqi citizens gave the Soldiers a notebook with sketches of the munitions and its general location and led them to the site where the cache was located.
The Soldiers used metal detectors to discover three separate locations where parts of the cache were located.
Later, an explosive ordnance disposal team was brought in, who continued to exhume the cache sites and found complete components for EFPs along with C-4 explosives.
The Diwaniyah Peninsula and the Samrah Jungle are known historic weapons trafficking locations in the area.
Included in the cache were 414 blocks of Iranian M112 C-4, 860 copper plates, 501 back plates, 529 retaining rings and 157 steel bodies, which were all the type used to make EFPs.
“The Iraqi citizens made a significant decision to support their government and security forces when they provided the information that led to the discovery of this cache,” said Lt. Col. John Casper, Multi National Corps-Iraq chief of operations. “In doing so, they removed devastating weapons from the hands of terrorists and placed their trust and confidence in a future for Iraq.”
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