Release A051129d
Iraqi and U.S. forces continue hunting for weapons
Multi-National Force-Iraq
TIKRIT, Iraq – As Iraqi and U.S. forces in Kirkuk continue unearthing weapons from a major cache discovered Nov.27th, several smaller caches were discovered around the north-central region Nov 28th.
Iraqi police and soldiers joined troops from the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team Monday to continue the systematic excavation and securing of a large cache unearthed outside of an abandoned military base near Kirkuk. Several thousand mortar rounds have already been removed from the site.
Elsewhere, a local resident led coalition troops to a weapons cache near Bayji on Nov.28th. Soldiers found 18 large mortar rounds, 90 pounds of powdered explosives, a rocket motor and some small arms ammunition. The rounds and explosives were taken away for disposal in a controlled detonation.
Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers conducted a search on the 28th of Nov. in the village of Shumayt, near Hawija. The search turned up a small amount of plastic explosives, some anti-aircraft artillery rounds, five assault weapons, sniper ammunition, and 200 rounds of armor-piercing ammunition.
A patrol operating from Logistics Support Area Anaconda near Balad discovered another collection of weapons on Nov.28th. Soldiers seized hundreds of rounds of small arms ammunition, four small rockets, 15 assault weapons and two night-vision scopes.
-30-
For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
