Release A050901a
Weapons cache found near Khalidiya
Multi-National Force-Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Forces located and destroyed a significant weapons cache in an isolated area near the town of Khalidiyah, which is approximately 15 kilometers Southeast of Hadithah on Aug. 31.
Responding to a tip from a concerned citizen, Multi-National Forces destroyed twenty-two 122 mm artillery shells, a type of munitions routinely used by terrorists for vehicle borne improvised explosive devices and improvised explosive devices.
No significant collateral damage was inflicted and there were no other people in the vicinity when the cache was blown up.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS-IRAQ AT
MNCI-PAOVICTORYMAINJOC@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL.
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