NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
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September 5, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-03
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
COALITION FORCES CONFISCATE, DESTROY WEAPONS
BAGHDAD, Iraq- Coalition forces continued efforts to prevent possible attacks by finding, confiscating and destroying caches of weapons on Sep. 4.
In an area northeast of Ba'qubah, Task Force Iron Horse soldiers detained a taxi driver who was acting in a suspicious manner. A search of the taxi resulted in the confiscation of one rocket-propelled grenade launcher, 12 RPG rounds, one AK-47 and one MP-5 submachine gun.
Fourth Infantry Division soldiers discovered a large cache of weapons in an area northwest of Tikrit. The cache consisted of one RPG, three 82mm mortar rounds, three 60mm mortar rounds, 88 fuses for 60mm mortar rounds, and one 82mm mortar tube. An explosive ordnance disposal team was called to destroy the weapons.
In the past 24 hours, coalition forces conducted 20 raids, 715 day patrols and 483 night patrols. The units also conducted 198 day patrols and 174 night patrols with Iraqi police.
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