Monday, November 14
IRAQI COPS, U.S. GRUNTS FIND, BLOW UP GUNS N' AMMO
| November 13, 2005 TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi police and Task Force Band of Brothers’ Soldiers found and disposed of two weapons caches Nov. 12. The police discovery was made at an abandoned Iraqi Army compound near Kirkuk. The cache consisted of 22 proximity fuses for artillery rounds, two mortar rounds and two crates of small arms ammunition. A second cache was discovered by Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team near Hawija. The Soldiers seized and destroyed 19 rockets and a shaped charge designed to penetrate armored vehicles. Removing weapons from terrorist hands is a priority for Iraqi and U.S. forces in the area. During the past week, a dozen caches have been unearthed in the north central region of the country by Iraqi security forces and U.S. Soldiers. Weblog LINK |
