Weapons Cache Seized
Mussayyib, Iraq - Marines with the I Marine Expeditionary Force discovered a weapons cache Nov. 6, denying the enemy use of the following ordnance: 388 mortars, 80 artillery shells, 42 tank rounds, 16 rocket warheads, and 2 mortar tubes.
Since Nov. 1, the Multi-National Forces-West recovered and subsequently destroyed 517 mortars, 122 artillery shells, 38 RPGs, 28 rockets, 7 mines, 126 detonators, 350 electronic timers, 16 blasting caps, 14 grenades, 3 sticks of dynamite, 2 mortar tubes, 8 AK-47s and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition.
Release #041106d
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