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Iraqi soldiers, Police and Coalition Forces find weapons cache, capture suspected insurgents, face |
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20060914-02
September 14, 2006
Iraqi soldiers, Police and Coalition Forces find weapons cache, capture suspected insurgents, face insurgent attacks in western Al Anbar, Iraq
CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq (Sept. 11, 2006) – Iraqi Security Forces and U.S. Marines discovered an enemy weapons cache yesterday while conducting a joint patrol in the Al Qa’im region in western Al Anbar, Iraq.
The result of a coordinated effort between Iraqi soldiers, police and U.S. Marines, which were based on intelligence reports — yesterday’s find is a sign of the increased security- role Iraqi Security Forces are playing in this Syrian-Iraqi border region.
The weapons cache consisted of:
· Hundreds of rounds of machinegun and rifle ammunition.
· Various explosive rockets and rocket propelled grenades.
· Rocket launchers.
· Rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
· Over 100 lbs. of explosive material.
· Improvised explosive device-making material.
Furthermore, Iraqi and U.S. Security Forces detained several insurgent suspects and had multiple engagements with insurgent forces throughout western Al Anbar Province yesterday, which included small-arms fire, mortar and IED attacks.
No Iraqi or Coalition Forces personnel were killed in any of yesterday’s attacks.
In the Haditha Triad region, insurgents used a school building to launch a rocket-propelled grenade and small-arms fire attack on a U.S. Marine vehicle-mounted patrol.
No injuries or deaths resulted from the attack.
In a separate incident, Iraqi soldiers learned that insurgents fired a rocket-propelled grenade through the front door of a local resident’s home. The warhead landed in the main room of the house, but failed to detonate. The soldiers responded and coordinated the removal of the explosive warhead with Coalition Forces’ assistance.
RCT-7 is the U.S. military unit responsible for providing security and mentoring Iraqi Security Forces in western Anbar Province, an area more than 30,000 square-miles in size which stretches from the Jordanian and Syrian borders hundreds of miles east to Hit.
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