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| Iraq |
| Big EFP Cache Grabbed in Sa'ada Village |
| 2007-10-25 |
| KHAN BANI SA’AD, Iraq – A concerned citizen led Coalition Forces to a large weapons cache yesterday in a home in Sa’ada Village, Iraq. This cache is one of the largest discoveries of explosively formed penetrators found in at one location in Iraq. The find included more than 120 fully-assembled EFPs,more than 150 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPs (including 12-inch disks – one of the largest ever discovered in Iraq), 600-plus pounds of C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, approximately 30 107mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines. “A find like this helps keep my Soldiers’ morale up because they know they’ve made a difference. It makes them feel good that they are saving Soldiers lives through their work,” said Capt. Jason Rosenstrauch, B Troop commander, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment. “My first concern was for my Soldiers,” added Rosenstrauch. “I was worried that the room was unstable because it smelled like explosives and nitric acid.” Last week such information from Concerned Local Citizens in a village near Muqdadiyah assisted CF to unearth a weapons cache and detain one suspected terrorist. Coalition Forces detained the homeowner in the raid. Rosenstrauch said the citizens of Khan Bani Sa’ad are now working closely with Coalition Forces to keep insurgents out of the city. “We have a lot of peace in the city center now,” Rosenstrauch said. “We have had [many] CLCs reporting on enemy activity. The people are turning on the insurgents and telling us where they are.” |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #7 I thought the whole point of smugglers is that they're good at smuggling? But it could be I'm mistaken -- I'm not familiar with clever extra-legal activities. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-25 22:19 |
| #6 I wonder what might really be going on? I don't know, genius. Why don't you tell us? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-10-25 21:02 |
| #5 Right then. We're good at finding the caches but not the stuff as it comes in. Evidently we can not spot the trade routes as it is being moved into Iraq. But then find the caches, with the intelligence attributed a local "concerned citizen." I wonder what might really be going on? |
| Posted by: Dino Elmorong1780 2007-10-25 19:35 |
| #4 Local citizens are getting fed up with outsiders screwing up their lives. Despite Harry Reid's pronouncement and the rest of the "quagmire" bunch, it looks like things are turning around in Iraq for the better. This is a significant find. This find will save a lot of injuries and lives. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-25 15:55 |
| #3 I vote to give the tipper citizenship for this one. Watch the video. I also vote to strap the owner of the house into the truth telling machine, this being war and all. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-10-25 15:30 |
| #2 This is huge and will save a whole lot of American lives. It will likely also provide more evidence of the trail of these weapons from Iran into Iraq. EFP's are nasty and there is no good way to stop them except to get them before they are used. Thank you CLC. Thank you 1st Cav for building the relationship that lead to the CLC trusting you enough to identify this cache. |
| Posted by: remoteman 2007-10-25 15:18 |
| #1 Glenmore, Good Catch...Here's some more.. accomping video with the report VIDEO LINK |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2007-10-25 14:59 |