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Saturday, 14 April 2007 |
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070415-13
April 15, 2007
Provincial Security Forces discover weapons cache
Multi-National Force – West PAO
RAMADI, Iraq – Provincial Security Force 1 discovered a weapons cache in the Hay Al
Dhobot Thanaya district while conducting clearing operations here April 13.
The cache consisted of 22 speed bump improvised explosive devices, 11 fire
extinguishers, four propane cylinders, two suicide vests, 60 projectiles and mortars
ranging in size from 60mm to 130mm, and 10 gallons of chlorine.
Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment assisted in the recovery of the cache by securing the area until demolition experts arrived to assess and reduce the cache.
The weapons and materials discovered are commonly used by insurgents to
make improvised explosive devices.
Coalition demolition experts destroyed the cache with a controlled detonation.
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