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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080610-08
June 10, 2008

Iraqi Police find explosives, EFPs
Multi-National Division South East

BASRA, Iraq – Iraqi Police found a large cache of explosives and explosively formed projectiles while acting on a tip from a phone hotline in Basra June 9.
 
The house was in an affluent neighborhood in the Al Fursi district.
 
Police were greeted by neighbors in the street as they arrived to discover more than 650 pounds of bulk explosive, more than 330 pounds of C4, seven large body EFPs, 15 smaller body EFPs, a reel of detonation cord, a large amount of 7.62 armor piercing ammunition and a machine gun barrel. The cache was in a hole cut in the wall of a room in the back of the house.
 
“This is just another sign that the fine citizens of Basra want to get rid of the evil in their city,” said Capt. Chris McNair, a spokesman for MND-SE. “The fact that someone called in a tip to direct police to these dangerous munitions means there are citizens of Basra who want a safe place to raise their children.”

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