Release A051111b
Mortar cache destroyed
Multi-National Force-Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq –Coalition air forces acting on multiple intelligence sources and tips from local citizens, raided a suspected al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist mortar cache in the village of Qazwan, near Ramadi, Iraq Nov. 10 at approximately 3:43 a.m.
This mortar cache was directly linked to terrorist mortar attacks on Coalition and Iraqi security forces in the Ramadi region.
Credible reporting indicated that a terrorist mortar cell was operating in the area.
Coalition Forces raided the suspected location and found approximately fifty 82 mm mortar rounds and a single mortar tube, which appeared to have been used recently.
The mortar cache was destroyed by Coalition Forces.
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