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
September 6, 2003
Release Number: 03-09-04
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3rd ACR PATROLS NET BIG WEAPONS HAUL
AL FALLUJAH, Iraq - In recent weeks, 2nd Squadron (Sabre), 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldiers conducted raids of possible safe houses and dwellings of suspected former regime loyalists and other subversive elements in Al Fallujah and in surrounding areas.
Together with patrols and sweeps, these raids have netted over ten thousand artillery and mortar rounds, mines, other ammunition, small arms and hand grenades as well as nearly two dozen missiles.
These operations represent a proactive effort to root out elements that are sabotaging Coalition Force's reconstruction effort.
The Regiment has been concentrating efforts on rooting out these former regime loyalists and eliminating stockpiles of weapons and munitions.
Confiscated weapons included (1,080) 122mm artillery rounds, 928 mortar rounds, 8,991 rounds of 23mm, 28 AK-47s, two pistols, 10 anti-tank missiles, 45 anti-tank mines, eight surface-t-air missiles, four kegs of gunpowder, 300 rounds of 130mm high explosive ammunition, three boxes of hand grenades, 20 high explosive anti-tank munitions, (125) 100mm tank rounds, 134 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, two sniper rifles, 30 rounds of 37mm anti-aircraft ammunition, one improvised explosive device and one SA-7 system.
For further information contact the CJTF-7 Coalition Press Information Center
at 914 360 5082/5089.
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