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April 16, 2004
Release Number: 04-04-15
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARINES UNCOVER SIGNIFICANT WEAPONS CACHE
CAMP FULLUJAH, Iraq -- Marines in Fallujah April 16 discovered a significant weapons cache and engaged enemy forces after coming under fire.
Marines discovered a large weapons cache in a two-story home in Fallujah and another on the edge of a wheat field. Marines recovered the following from the house:
One AK-47 with two full magazines
One surface-to-air missile launcher with one missile
From the wheat field, Marines found:
One surface-to-air missile launcher
Six homemade surface-to-air missile launchers
A complete 50mm mortar system, with aiming sights
One RPK machine gun
Two cans 7.62mm machine gun ammunition (200 rounds each)
Seven rockets for rocket-propelled grenades
Three 40mm high-explosive mortar rounds
Seven 82mm mortars
72 igniting charges
One base plate for a 120mm mortar
One AK-47 with a full magazine
Shortly after discovering these two weapons caches, an even larger one was found not far away containing:
Two missiles
One RPG launcher and 40 RPG rockets
47 rockets
Five 180mm rounds
Ten 155mm artillery rounds
50 120mm rounds
59 60mm rounds
One 120mm mortar complete
Two 82mm mortars complete
Seven rockets
Two improvised rocket launchers
Marines and soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, serving under the 1st Marine Division, raided a suspected meeting place for leadership among enemy forces in Ar Ramadi. Six were detained after being positively identified as targets for capture.
Marines in the western portion of Al Anbar Province near the Syrian border discovered a weapons cache in a palm grove while conducting a dismounted patrol. Marines recovered the following:
Two AK-47s with 11 magazines
Three bayonets
220 7.62mm rounds
35 feet of detonation cord
10 sticks of dynamite.
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