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Release A051107d

Check point nets car full of weapons

Multi-National Force-Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq – A platoon of U.S. Soldiers setting up a check point near Baqubah the evening Nov. 5 discovered numerous weapons in a vehicle that tried to break out of the cordon set up around the check point.

The Soldiers fired several warning shots at the vehicle, causing its driver to swerve into a ditch. The two occupants ran away.

Among the items left behind in the vehicle were 13 fragmentary hand grenades, pressure detonating wires commonly used for IED construction, and eight AK-47’s with a large amount of ammunition.

The vehicle was destroyed after the weapons were removed to prevent it from being used again by terrorists.

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For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL