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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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Press Release A080907a-311
September 7, 2008
Al-Qaeda bombing cells weakened
BAGHDAD – Coalition forces detained 10 suspects – including three men wanted for equipping terrorists with weapons and explosives – while disrupting al-Qaeda in Iraq’s bombing networks Sunday in central and northern Iraq.
An alleged weapons facilitator in the Tigris River Valley is in Coalition custody after forces captured him and another suspect in Tikrit. The wanted man is assessed to lead AQI cells in a village there and provide weapons for cells from Tikrit north to Bayji. He reportedly specializes in transferring sniper rifles to terrorists.
During a precision operation in Baghdad, Coalition forces captured a man suspected of working for AQI bombing cells in the city. Intelligence reports indicate he directly conspires with weapons and bombing facilitators in the northern half of Baghdad.
In Mosul, Coalition forces captured an alleged explosives expert who reportedly provides bombing materials for AQI cells across northern Iraq. He is believed to be attempting to acquire chemicals for attacks on Iraqi civilians and security forces during Ramadan. Six additional suspects were detained in operations in the city.
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