Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070708-06
July 8, 2007

IA, IP discover IED factory near Mosul
Multi-National Division – North PAO

TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi Army Soldiers and Mosul Police officers discovered an improvised explosives device factory and cache near Mosul July 7.
 
Soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division in coordination with Iraqi Police officers found approximately 10,000 pounds of ammonia nitrate and other bomb making materials in a complex that included a building, a warehouse and a storage container. They also discovered a tunnel system connecting all of the buildings.
 
Also near Mosul, Coalition Forces Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, discovered a weapons cache containing homemade explosives and mortar rounds. In addition, the Soldiers found a military grade bunker system nearby, which had been used as an insurgent safe house.
 
All three sites were destroyed by precision guided munitions.

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