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BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers uncovered a cache of improvised explosive device-making materials in Adl, a western neighborhood in the Iraqi capital, based on a tip given by an Iraqi citizen Oct. 20.  An Iraqi approached a joint Coalition Forces patrol comprised of Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment and Company 3, 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army, and provided information about insurgents constructing IEDs out of a business in Adl.  The insurgents were reported to have plans to use the material in attacks against Coalition Forces on Oct. 30, the anniversary of Saddam's...

London, Sep. 26 – The Iraqi army confiscated Iranian mortars in an operation in central-southern Iraq on Tuesday, the Multi-National Corps – Iraq (MNC-I) said in a statement on Wednesday. Scouts from the 8th Iraqi army division confiscated and destroyed the mortars along with roadside bombs which were part of a large weapons cache following an intelligence driven operation September 25 in Diwaniyah “Iraqi forces learned that criminal elements were hiding the cache of explosively formed penetrators and mortars in a secret storage facility. The deadly weapons are responsible for many Iraqi and Coalition fatalities”, the MNC-I said. The forces...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces uncovered a terrorist execution site and a building suspected of being a car bomb factory during an operation Aug. 21-23 south of Baghdad. As Coalition Forces entered the Arab Jabour area, they immediately received small arms fire. The assault force returned fire, killing one terrorist. During the 24-hour operation, Coalition Forces discovered an area used by terrorists as an execution and dumping site. The ground forces found human skulls, decomposing bodies and bones wrapped in bloody clothes. Wild dogs were rampant around the area, which was characterized by a crater where most of the human...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Saturday said coalition forces south of Baghdad found a site where people were executed and bodies dumped. The discovery was made during an operation Tuesday through Thursday in the Arab Jabour area, a region where al Qaeda in Iraq has a presence. "The ground forces found human skulls, decomposing bodies and bones wrapped in bloody clothes," the military said in a statement. "Wild dogs were rampant around the area, which was characterized by a crater where most of the human remains were dumped. Inside a nearby building, the ground forces found blood...

DULAB, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2007 — No house here was neglected during a recent operation to rid the area of weapons and caches. "We swept the palm groves and houses of Southwest Dulab, and the Marines are still strong. These Marines know how to do their job, and they do it well." 1st Lt. Kyle M. Gallagher, commander of 3rd platoon Marines from Company B, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 2, diligently searched house-to-house in an effort to find any hidden weapons, while Marines from 1st Combat Engineer Battalion searched the surrounding area for caches. “Basically, the operation...

MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq — Iraqi concerned citizens led Coalition Forces to four caches located in the southern belts around Baghdad Aug. 19.Troops of Company B, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, were alerted Aug. 19 there were two caches near a highway in the Mahmudiyah area.The call came after a contractor hired to clean out canals in the North Hargawi area found two caches along the Mulla Fayyad Highway that contained a DShKa heavy machine-gun barrel, receiver, mount, seat...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2007 – Afghan forces working in concert with coalition forces netted three suspects and a weapons cache and killed several insurgents in Afghanistan over the past three days. Afghan National Border Police and coalition advisors detained an insurgent leader yesterday during an operation in Rabat village, in Paktika province. Credible intelligence led forces to an ex-border police officer's compound, where they found the insurgent leader and a weapons cache. The suspect is being held for questioning. Troops fired no shots and injured no civilians during the operation, military officials said. "The Afghan National Border Police are continuously...

AL-DHOUR — With two well-timed phone calls, Iraqi civilians made a few Soldiers’ day recently. The first tipster called Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and alerted them to a cache south of the village of Al-Dhour, south of Baghdad. The troop responded, located the buried weapons, and was only five minutes into the process of digging them up when they got another call. A man claimed he had the 2nd BCT’s top high-value target and would deliver him to coalition custody. The man and...

Federal sources tell CBS 11 News that law enforcement officers have confiscated a large cache of weapons found in an apartment near the federal building in downtown Dallas. CBS 11 News crews are gathering more information; additional details to come.

CAMP TAJI, Iraq — For a fourth time in two weeks, a large cache of improvised explosive device-making material and mortar rounds was turned over to Coalition Forces by the “Neighborhood Watch” in Taji, Iraq July 9.The cache contained more than 20 mortar rounds, multiple makeshift mortar tubes and mortar fuses. Also in the cache were IED timing devices and IED detonation material.This is the fourth time since the establishment of a Coalition outpost in Falahat, a village near Taji, north of the Iraqi capital, that weapons caches have been turned in or identified to Soldiers from Troop D, 1st...

Tipsters lead to capture south Baghdad’s most wanted terrorist, cache Tuesday, 10 July 2007 Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RELEASE No. 20070710-14 July 10, 2007 Tipsters lead to capture south Baghdad’s most wanted terrorist, cache Multi-National Division – Center PAO AL-DHOUR, Iraq — With two well-timed phone calls, Iraqi civilians made some Soldiers’ day July 9. The first tipster called Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and alerted them to a cache south of the...

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2007 – Iraqi security forces and coalition troops have killed four terrorists, detained 21 suspected terrorists and uncovered bomb-making materials and weapons caches during the past three days, military officials reported. During two coordinated raids on Baghdad’s west side today, coalition forces targeted a senior al Qaeda in Iraq operative believed to facilitate the movement of foreign terrorists for suicide-bombing operations by providing fake documents, officials said. The ground forces detained seven suspected terrorists during the operation. Meanwhile, in southwestern Baghdad, coalition forces targeted a terrorist cell leader allegedly involved in car bomb attacks against the Iraqi...

Qarghuli village residents lead troops to caches Sunday, 08 July 2007 Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory APO AE 09342 Qarghuli village residents lead troops to caches 2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. PAO Multi-National Division – Center PAO QARGHULI VILLAGE, Iraq — Residents of a village south of Baghdad, long a terrorist hot spot, led U.S. forces to major weapons caches near their town July 6. Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., were taken to a series of 12 caches –...

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2007 – Iraqi security forces and coalition troops killed five insurgents, nabbed some three dozen suspects and discovered scores of weapons caches and booby traps in Iraq over the past three days, military officials said. During raids on six buildings in Mosul today, ground forces detained six suspected terrorists. One detainee is an alleged “terrorist mediator” sent by al Qaeda leaders in Syria to settle leadership disputes in Mosul, military officials said. West of Taji today, coalition forces searched a building for an individual suspected of selling rockets and armored vests to al Qaeda operatives in Iraq....

CAMP TAJI, Iraq, June 27, 2007 — For a second time this week, Iraqi citizens here turned in a large cache consisting of improvised explosive device-making material and mortar rounds. The Taji neighborhood watch contacted Coalition Forces June 25, after the driver of a truck fled the scene when the volunteers stopped a suspicious vehicle moving through the rural village of Abd Allah al Jasim. The vehicle contained 24 mortar rounds, two rockets, spare machine gun barrels, small arms ammunition and other IED-making material. "This grassroots movement of reconciliation by the volunteers is taking off all around us. The tribes...

BAQOUBA, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large weapons cache that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said.

BAQOUBA, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large weapons cache that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said. Details of the find were expected to be announced Monday at a news conference in Baghdad. But military officials told The Associated Press that the arsenal is one of the biggest found north of the Iraqi capital and contains components for so-called EFPs _ explosively formed projectiles that fire a slug of molten metal that can penetrate armored vehicles. The U.S. military has said elite Iranian corps are funneling...

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Soldiers from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, detained two suspected terrorists and seized a large weapons cache in a warehouse during a search of Nur and Ghazalyia Friday in support of Operation Together Forward. The weapons and munitions seized included more than 580 mortar rounds, about 39,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition, more than 100 rocket-propelled grenades, more than 270 rockets, two landmines, a shape charge, a crater charge, 11 fragmentation grenades, several machine guns, ammunition drums, 5,000 feet of detonation cord, mortar tubes and bipods, land mines, more than 50 rocket motors and...

BAGHDAD -- Soldiers from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, detained two suspected terrorists and seized a large weapons cache in a warehouse during a search of Nur and Ghazalyia Friday in support of Operation Together Forward. The weapons and munitions seized included more than 580 mortar rounds, about 39,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition, more than 100 rocket-propelled grenades, more than 270 rockets, two landmines, a shape charge, a crater charge, 11 fragmentation grenades, several machine guns, ammunition drums, 5,000 feet of detonation cord, mortar tubes and bipods, land mines, more than 50 rocket motors and...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2006 – A U.S. Army helicopter crashed yesterday during an orientation flight over Iraq’s Anbar province, officials said today. The UH-60 Blackhawk was carrying six coalition troops and has been located, according to a Multinational Corps Iraq news release. Four of the six passengers were recovered and are in stable condition. A search-and-rescue effort is under way to find the two missing crewmembers. “We are using all the resources available to find our missing comrades,” Marine spokesman Maj. Riccoh Player said. The helicopter crash doesn’t appear to be the work of enemy forces, officials said. In other...