SoI source turns in weapons cache to Iraqi army

Courtesy Photo | Soldiers from 1st battalion, 25th brigade, 6th Iraqi army division, collected a cache from Abu Osage, northwest of Lutifiyah, March 30. The cache was discovered after a tip from a local Sons of Iraq leader.  

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

04.02.2008

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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs

SoI source turns in weapons cache to Iraqi army

By Capt. Allison Flannigan
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Iraqi army soldiers received a tip from a Sons of Iraq leader about the location of a large weapons cache in Abu Osage, northwest of Lutifiyah, March 30.

An SoI member told Sheikh Ammar Haza, the Abu Osage SoI leader, of the cache's whereabouts. Haza then informed soldiers of 1st battalion, 25th brigade, 6th Iraqi army division, who retrieved the cache and brought it back to their unit headquarters in Lutifiyah.

The cache included 490 propellant charges, 14 mortar rounds, 12 rifle grenades, 64 flares and 37 bags of TNT.

After collecting the cache, the IA Soldiers notified their U.S. counterparts in Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), to have the cache destroyed.

• Date Taken: 04.02.2008
• Date Posted: 04.02.2008 16:38
• Story ID: 18006
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ