Release A051218a
Local residents aid in cache discoveries
Multi-National Force-Iraq
TIKRIT, Iraq – Local citizens played a major role in the discovery of two weapons caches near Kirkuk Dec. 17.
A group of Iraqi citizens captured two suspected terrorists after observing the suspects digging up a cache. The men subdued the suspects and called the Kirkuk Joint Coordination Center, who relayed the information to a nearby patrol.
The combined Iraqi and U.S. patrol responded and secured more than 20 artillery rounds and detained the suspects for questioning.
Another group of Kirkuk residents flagged down a U.S. Air Force patrol and led them to a small cache. The Airmen found two mortar rounds, two rocket-propelled grenade warheads and several anti-aircraft artillery rounds. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the weapons in a controlled detonation.
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For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL
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