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By 2nd Brigade Combat Team,
3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Sons of Iraq working with coalition forces around Hawr Rajab and Zambraniyah discovered two caches March 4.
In Hawr Rajab, an SoI member informed Soldiers of Troop B, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, of a cache consisting of five 5-gallon barrels of nitric acid.
A group of SoI in Zambraniyah brought a second cache to Soldiers of Troop C, 6-8 Cav. Regt., currently attached to 2nd BCT, 3rd Inf. Div. The cache consisted of three pressure plate improvised explosive devices, three 57 mm projectiles, and three pressure plate initiators.
In addition to the caches discovered by SoI groups, a third cache was discovered March 4 by an air weapons team supporting the 6-8 Cav. Regt. in Hawr Rajab.
The Apache team was flying in support of a route reconnaissance mission near Busayefi when they noticed a depression in the ground. After the team reported it, Soldiers and SoI on the ground investigated.
Inside the depression, Soldiers unearthed a barrel with a weapons cache stored inside. The cache consisted of five rocket-propelled grenade warheads, one mortar tube, four AK-47 magazines, one 60 mm mortar, three AK-47 butt stocks, two RPG launchers, two knives, two boxes of cell phones, 70 drums of 7.62 mm ammunition and various electronic components.
The discovery will help increase security in the area and increase residents' confidence, said Maj. Mike Adams, 6-8 Cav. Regt. operations officer. Before the regiment entered Busayefi, insurgents lived there and terrorized the population. With each find, Adams, of West Bridgewater, Mass., said, residents gain more trust in coalition forces.
All contents of the caches were destroyed by an explosives ordnance disposal team in controlled detonations.
| Date Taken: | 03.05.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 03.06.2008 17:01 |
| Story ID: | 17090 |
| Location: | ISKANDARIYAH, IQ |
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