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Albanian police have arrested four people smuggling in surface-to-air missiles allegedly destined for Albanian separatists in Macedonia. By Neil Barnett in Tirana (BCR No 533, 16-Dec-04) The seizure in Albania of three shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles allegedly destined for Albanian separatists in Macedonia has sparked fears of a brewing security threat in the region. The SA-7B Strela missiles were intercepted on December 13. They are believed to have originated in Bosnia or Serbia and may have been destined for Macedonia, where ethnic-Albanian insurgents fought a brief war against the authorities in 2001. Albanian police arrested four people – Sokol Mujaj, Ilim...

December 4, 2004 Release Number: 04-12-06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEAPONS TURNED IN, FOUND WITH LOCAL ASSISTANCEBAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN -- Local nationals turned in two weapons caches and Coalition Soldiers found another six caches throughout Afghanistan Thursday, Dec. 3 The Nesh District police chief turned in a weapons cache to Coalition Soldiers near Tarin Kowt containing seven recoilless rifles, 65 RPGs, 77 RPG boosters, one 7.62 M25 rifle and two RPG launchers. In addition, a local national led Coalition Soldiers to a weapons cache near Shinkay. The cache contained 35 82 mm projectiles, 265 82 mm mortars, 104 boxes of Dishka...

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American troops said yesterday they had uncovered the largest weapons cache to date in Fallujah, where Iraqi officials said more than 2,000 people died in the weeklong U.S.-led offensive aimed at curbing the insurgency so that elections could be held nationwide. The Fallujah siege angered many in the influential Sunni minority, producing calls to boycott the vote, a move that could cost the new government much-needed legitimacy. The weapons cache, described by the U.S. military as the largest uncovered so far in Fallujah, was discovered Wednesday in the Saad Bin Abi Waqas Mosque, where fugitive rebel leader Abdullah al-Janabi often...

U.S. and Iraqi forces patrolling Fallujah have discovered a weapons cache large enough to supply a nationwide “insurgency.” The weapons were found in central Fallujah’s Saad Abi Bin Waqas mosque, where Sunni cleric Abdullah al-Janabi preached hatred. How many times have Coalition forces been shot at from mosques or found weapons stockpiles hidden in them? Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mehdi Army used Shiite Islam’s most holy shrine, the Imam Ali mosque, to wage their campaign of murder and mayhem in Najaf. Just how are all we infidels supposed to believe that Islam is truly a “religion of peace?” Just when...

November 25, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-87 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Significant weapons cache discovered at mosqueFALLUJAH, Iraq -- Iraqi Security Forces supported by Marines of the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force discovered the largest weapons cache to date in the city of Fallujah. It was found in and around the Sa'ad Abi Bin Waqas Mosque in the Hey Al Shorta District here yesterday. Abdulla Janabi was known to use this mosque to preach his anti-coalition rhetoric. The complex had also been suspected to be a safe house and logistics node for insurgents and their activities. Iraqi Security...

FALLUJA, Iraq, Nov. 24 - United States marines and Iraqi soldiers discovered the empty home of Abdullah Janabi, an insurgent leader in Falluja, and his bomb-laden mosque, packed with a supply of weapons that dwarfs any caches found so far, military officials said Wednesday. American and Iraqi officials say they believe Mr. Janabi has not been in the city for some time, though he said in an interview last week with The Washington Post that he was still there. As search teams continue combing through Falluja, they have discovered unexpectedly large stashes of weapons, so large, officials say, that the...

Weapons in this guarded pile are a sample of those in uncovered Nov. 22 in one the largest weapons caches ever found in northern Iraq. Huge weapons cache unearthed in northern IraqNovember 22, 2004 MOSUL, Iraq (Army News Service, Nov. 22, 2004) – Multi-national forces from the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) unearthed Nov. 22 one of the largest weapons caches ever found in northern Iraq, about 45 kilometers south of Mosul in the village of Shafa’at. During their patrol, Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment discovered huge stockpiles of weapons and munitions,...

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 November 7, 2004 Release Number: 04-11-20 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOLDIERS FIND WEAPONS CACHES NEAR BALAD TIKRIT, Iraq -- First Infantry Division Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 77th Infantry Regiment discovered three weapon caches near Balad on Nov 6. The first cache was discovered at about 1 p.m. A continued search of the area found two other caches with the following items: 27 PG-9 rockets, 27 OG-9 projectiles, one BK-88m projectile, two PG-7M rockets, nine OG-7 projectiles, three...

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Senator Kerry. I have another question for you to answer: If [as you assert] there is a strong likelihood that the 380 tons(3 tons) of weapons went missing under our noses right after we invaded Iraq, wouldn't it follow that, any WEAPONS of MASS DESTRUCTION would have been shuttled of FIRST. as well? If the anti-coalition forces were successful in shuttling off conventional weapons WITHOUT our NOTICE, why coudln't they have SHUTTLED off WMD? Isn't it FUNNY (STRANGE) that your positions are: 1) There WERE NO WMD, because we haven't been able to locate them, and... 2) There WERE CONVENTIONAL...

Question to the Liberal Senator from Mass: You and your cronies (aka MSM) have been quick to blast this administration and accuse it of negligence for not accounting for 380 tons of a weapons cache out of a total 400 THOUSAND TONS of known weapons that HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY capture/destroyed. Obviously, both you and Al Gore have problems with doing math. These 'missing' weapons amount to less then 0.1 percent of all captured weapons. In otherwords, the coalition forces have accounted for 99.9% of all known weapons. Mr Senator. Please tell the us why a 99.9% success rate represents failure,...

'Explosives already missing when troops moved in to secure facility on April 10, 2003, one day after the liberation of Iraq'... NBCNEWS: HUGE CACHE OF EXPLOSIVES VANISHED FROM SITE IN IRAQ -- AT LEAST 18 MONTHS AGO -- BEFORE TROOPS ARRIVED

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON OCT 25 2004 22:45:05 ET XXXXX NBCNEWS: HUGE CACHE OF EXPLOSIVES VANISHED FROM SITE IN IRAQ -- AT LEAST 18 MONTHS AGO -- BEFORE TROOPS ARRIVED The NYTIMES urgently reported on Monday how the Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives are now missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations. Jumping on the TIMES exclusive, Dem presidential candidate John Kerry blasted the Bush administration for its failure to "guard those stockpiles." "This is one of the great blunders of...

NBCNEWS: Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq -- At Least 18 Months Ago (SIREN ALERT)

Precision Strike Targets Major Weapons Cache in Iraq American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2004 -- Multinational Force Iraq troops launched another precision strike in Fallujah, Iraq, early this morning, this one against a building on the city's outskirts where anti-Iraqi forces with ties to the Abu Musab al-Zarqawi terrorist network were moving weapons, officials reported today. Officials at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad said the strike severely damaged the building, which housed enemy fighters and weapons. Forty- five minutes of secondary explosions indicated that the building was being used as a huge weapons and ammunition...

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 October 2, 2004Release Number: 04-10-03 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COALITION SOLDIERS FIND FIVE WEAPONS CACHES BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – Coalition Soldiers have found five separate weapons caches Thursday. The first two caches were found near Gardez, and consisted of 700 107 mm rockets, 250 82 mm rounds, several tons of small arms ammunition, three rocket propelled grenade launchers, nine RPGs, three rocket boosters, 56 25 mm rounds, and twenty 12.75 mm rounds. The 107 mm and 82 mm rockets will be...

BAGHDAD, Oct 2 (AFP) - A former general in Saddam Hussein's armed forces was captured along with nine other people in counter-insurgency operations conducted by Polish, US and Iraqi troops in south-central Iraq on Saturday, the military said. "As a result of the operations, 10 suspects were detained, including a man who was a general in Saddam Husseins former army and is wanted by Iraqi police," the multinational force said in a statement, without identifying the general. Five of those detained were quickly released after questioning at the scene, it said. A cache of AK-47 rifles and ammunition was also...

  Marines uncover weapons cache in Babil Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq – Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in the vicinity of Musayyib Sept. 28 and detained three men with suspected ties to the ordnance. The Marines, who are assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines – the MEU’s ground combat element – made the discovery during a routine patrol. They turned up three 60 mm mortar systems, seven 82-mm rounds, four 80-mm high-explosive rockets, 147 37-mm projectiles, seven rocket-propelled grenades, 10 100-mm high-explosive projectiles and...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops stormed a mosque in the Iraqi capital Saturday to search for illegal weapons, the U.S. military said. http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBODE9KJZD.html