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FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU — A joint route reconnaissance mission in Maderiyah, Iraq, led to the discovery of six separate weapons caches May 13, to include 300 anti-personnel grenades. The first cache contained one 120 mm mortar, one 100 mm anti-aircraft round, 12 rocket-propelled grenade warheads, eight 73 mm rockets and a mortar tripod. All weapons were serviceable and the rockets were still in their plastic containers. The second cache recovered consisted of 300 anti-personnel grenades, 100 meters of detonation cord, 100 rounds of PKC machine-gun ammunition and five sticks of TNT. “Most of the 300 anti-personnel grenades were serviceable....

WASHINGTON, March 30, 2008 – U.S. aircraft killed 14 terrorists during two anti-insurgent operations conducted in Baghdad today, and coalition forces killed or captured dozens of additional terrorists during other operations throughout Iraq over the past two days, military officials reported. An American aircrew killed 12 insurgents today after they attacked a U.S. infantry patrol in northern Baghdad. Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team pursued the insurgents after they had broken off their attack. U.S. military aircraft arrived to provide air-to-ground support. After positively identifying the attackers, the air weapons team engaged and killed the...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Acting on information provided by the ‘Sons of Iraq’ (SoI), Soldiers assigned to Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, confiscated a weapon cache in Jabr al Ansari, a small village southeast of Baghdad, Feb. 19. SoI is a citizen volunteer group, formally known as the Concerned Local Citizens. The cache contained (21) 122 mm Russian projectiles and three 130 mm Russian projectiles. The munitions were buried approximately three feet deep in the backyard of a suspect. The suspect was detained and brought back to Combat Outpost Cashe for questioning. “Every time the Sons of...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2007 – Afghan and coalition security forces captured four suspected terrorists and seized a large weapons cache during two separate joint operations Oct. 8, officials said. Afghan and U.S. troops captured four suspected militants during a joint raid in the Gardez district of Paktia province, officials reported. Acting on credible intelligence, the combined force proceeded to compounds where the suspected anti-coalition militants were thought to be hiding. A search of the compounds resulted in the capture of four individuals with suspected ties to extremist forces. The detainees will be questioned as to their involvement in extremist activities....

PATROL BASE INCHON — The rural areas south of Baghdad have long been a trouble spot for Coalition Forces. The fertile land was given by Saddam Hussein to Baath Party members and close friends, and the ties made it a hotbed of terrorism. Increasingly, however, residents are combating terror in their areas. On July 23, a local Iraqi man came to Patrol Base Inchon, near the Euphrates River, staffed by Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) out of Fort Drum, N.Y., and elements of the 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th...

A team of Marines and civilians work an assembly line to inspect recovered Iraqi weapons before redeploying them to Iraqi Army. Photo taken by Lance Cpl. Ben Eberle. CAMP TAQADDUM -- Since March 2003, coalition forces have seized thousands of unauthorized small arms through security patrols and urban search operations. Marines and civilians with Ammunition Platoon, Supply Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), are redeploying these weapon systems into the Iraqi Army, turning insurgent resources into coalition assets. “We need to arm our allies,” said Warrant Officer Robert P. Smith, officer-in-charge of Camp Taqaddum’s Ammunition Supply...