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Iraq
Al-Qaeda videos found in Samarra
2003-12-31
U.S. forces operating in the so-called Sunni Triangle — the region of Iraq most loyal to captured former dictator Saddam Hussein — found a significant weapons cache that included al Qaeda literature and videotapes. Members of Task Force Ironhorse 2nd Infantry’s Arrowhead Brigade discovered the material Monday morning at a site in Samarra, about 65 miles north-northwest of Baghdad. Some of the items were found hidden in a false wall. The troops also found a British-made body armor plate with a bullet hole. U.S. Central Command said it was an indication that insurgents were testing the ceramic plate’s ability to withstand expended anti-personnel ammunition.
This rehashes yesterday's post, but adds the part about the reading material...
In addition to the al Qaeda literature and videos, the troops found nearly 8,000 rounds of ammunition; 160 mortar rounds and six mortar tubes; 43 rocket-propelled grenade launchers and 79 rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs); and 19 AK-47 assault rifles, as well as dozens of other weapons. The military also said a significant amount of C4 and TNT explosives material was found, as was material to make improvised explosive devices — the crudely made bombs that have killed or maimed dozens of coalition troops. That was just one of several large weapons caches uncovered in Iraq in the last two days. The military did not say how it found out about the weapons, but a member of the Iraq Governing Council has said in recent days that Saddam has begun giving interrogators information about weapons arsenals used by insurgents to attack coalition forces.
So Saddam fesses out the Islamist guerrillas, who turn out to be al-Qaeda. The fact that he knows where their Secret Hideout(TM) is kind of implies that he was working with them, does it not?
Dr. Iyad Allawi, who is heading security issues at the Iraqi council, told two Arabic newspapers Monday that Saddam is giving the "names of people who know the location of hidden arsenals used in terrorist attacks." About 60 miles west of Baghdad, near the city of Ramadi, soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division on Tuesday found bomb-making materials along with 46 mortar charges, 22 blasting caps, three RPG launchers, three RPGs and two AK-47s.
Posted by:Dan Darling

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