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| MAJOR IED MANUFACTURING CACHE DISCOVERED |
| 2005-12-18 |
| Three day delay between event and official press release - just enough time to exploit follow-up opportunities (which we may hear about around Tuesday?) MAJOR IED MANUFACTURING CACHE DISCOVERED TIKRIT, Iraq – A large cache of IED components was discovered by Soldiers from Task Force Band of Brothers, Dec. 15 near Hawijah. A pair of scout helicopters from the 101st Airborne Division spotted several individuals behaving suspiciously and the pilots radioed the location to a nearby patrol from the Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. The pilots’ instincts were confirmed when the patrol found a cache buried nearby in several 55 gallon drums. The cache consisted of 414 two way radios, 48 circuit boards and more than 100 timing devices, all used as components in IED manufacturing. The cache also included small amounts of AK-47 ammunition, detonation cord, batteries and several bomb making manuals. This is the second time in less than a month that 1st BCT has uncovered a major cache in its area. Soldiers discovered more than 4,200 mortar rounds in a single cache Nov. 27 near Kirkuk. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #4 Finding electronics really hurts. Not only are IEDs a LOT harder to make without them, but they are very traceable. Spooks will be alerted to backtrack them from point of manufacture, and could well lead to a network being busted. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-12-18 18:14 |
| #3 A big problem in Iraq for IEDs is that Saddam had, as I recall, an estimated 1M tons of munitions, stored in caches across the country. Almost every pic i see of an unexploded IED is some crap-ass looking old artillery/mortar shell is poor conndition. I am not surprised that so many don't go off. |
| Posted by: Brett 2005-12-18 16:40 |
| #2 Great Work, TFBOB! Great Catch! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-12-18 16:33 |
| #1 Excellent! The Sunni Triangle, Syria, and Iran - these are the sources of asshats and matériel that lead to dead American military and innocent Iraqis. Oh, what to do, what to do! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-12-18 16:33 |