Volunteers uncovered a large munitions cache based off of a tip called in by a local citizen in the Ameriya neighborhood of Baghdad Sept. 18.Late in the afternoon Sept. 18, an Iraqi citizen from Ameriya walked into the volunteer force headquarters and provided a tip on a nearby weapons cache. The civilian volunteer force, commonly referred to as the Farsan Al Rafidayn (Arabic for “knights between the rivers”) or FAR, dispatched a patrol and uncovered the cache.
Once the FAR volunteers arrived on the scene, a quick search of the residence uncovered a large amount of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive device-making material. In all, more than 60 mortar rounds, 50 pounds of homemade explosives, 10 blocks of TNT, three smoke grenades, 20 blasting caps, 100 rounds of ammunition and 22 portable radios were found. The volunteers turned over all items to 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers. These items were transferred to an explosive ordnance disposal team for destruction.