Sons of Iraq member turns in C-4 stockpile

Photo By Pfc. Michael Schuch | A stockpile containing 10 blocks of C-4 plastic explosives were turned into Soldiers of Task Force 1-35 Armor August 10, 2008. The explosives were turned in by a local member of the Sons of Iraq after being turned in by a man whose children discovered them while playing.  

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IRAQ

08.13.2008

Story by Pfc. Michael Schuch 

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division

By Pfc. Michael Schuch
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Public Affairs Office

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – A stockpile of C-4 explosive material was turned into coalition forces by a member of the Sons of Iraq in Jisr Diyala August 10, 2008.

The explosives were discovered after a group of children unearthed them while playing in their back yard. The father of the children, a local Jisr Diyala citizen, immediately gathered the explosives and delivered them to a nearby member of the SoI.

The SoI member delivered the explosives to Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Task Force 1-35 Armor, who quickly handed the explosives over to the explosive ordnance disposal team on site.

The small stockpile contained 10 blocks of C-4 plastic explosives, each weighing just less than one-and-a-half pounds. The explosives are the largest concentration of captured plastic explosives found by TF 1-35 Armor since the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division helped secure the area.

"Having these explosives turned in by the SoI obstructs the enemy's ability to attack innocent civilians inside the Mada'in Qada area", said Maj. Wayne Marotto, a spokesmen for the 2nd BCT, 1st Armd. Div.

After inspecting the explosives, EOD determined that the blocks were all manufactured within the last three years and were of Iranian origin.

• Date Taken: 08.13.2008
• Date Posted: 08.13.2008 04:32
• Story ID: 22421
• Location: FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, IQ