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WASHINGTON - U.S. and Iraqi forces deterred several potentially deadly incidents in recent days by confiscating two large weapons caches and dismantling a homemade bomb, military officials reported.
At least one cache was discovered with the help of an Iraqi civilian who led a combined Iraqi police and U.S. Army patrol, Feb. 28, to a large cache west of Samarra.
The cache contained more than 200 mortar rounds and about 1,500 pounds of explosives, which were safely disposed of by explosive ordnance technicians.
A joint patrol of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers seized another cache yesterday during a patrol in the Mumbar Garhat District of Kirkuk province. The cache consisted of launchers, 120 mm shells, 60 mm mortars and firing systems, machine-gun rounds, improvised mortar tubes, blasting caps and several other supporting items. A joint U.S. and Iraqi army team safely disposed of the cache.
Also yesterday, Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division Baghdad soldiers discovered a homemade bomb while on patrol west of Baghdad. The troops immediately cordoned off the area to prevent injuries, and safely disposed of the bomb.
| Date Taken: | 03.03.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 03.03.2009 13:14 |
| Story ID: | 30688 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
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