Monday, November 21
GRUNTS FIND, BLOW UP, 3 BIG PILES OF GUNS N' AMMO
| November 21, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq — More large weapons caches were discovered by 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in south Baghdad. Within 24 hours, the Soldiers of A Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment unearthed three weapons caches, the third of which was discovered Nov. 19. Each cache was located in fields adjacent to roads that allow easy vehicle access for anti-Iraqi Forces to get the weapons and ammunition. The third cache consisted of 7,000 RPK machine-gun rounds, 20 81-millimeter mortar rounds, seven aviation bomb shells, four rocket-propelled grenade rounds, three 155-millimeter artillery rounds and one 500-pound bomb. An explosives ordnance disposal team destroyed the caches through controlled detonations. Soldiers from 2nd Bat., 502nd Inf. Reg. have secured the site and continue to search for more possible weapons caches. Weblog LINK |
