Iraqi Police, Coalition Forces Discover Large EFP Cache

Courtesy Photo | Iraqi police officers from Jadidah, Iraq, in partnership with coalition Forces from 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discover a large improvised explosive device cache containing supplies for explosively formed projectiles near Baqubah, Iraq, Saturday.  

BAQUBAH, IRAQ

02.26.2007

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3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division

3rd BCT, 1st Cav. Div. PAO
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BAQUBAH, Iraq – An informant's tip led Iraqi police officers from Judidah, Iraq, and coalition forces from the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, to a large improvised explosive device cache in the Baqubah area Saturday.

The cache consisted of:

Two explosively formed projectiles in various stages of assembly

One completed improvised mine and more than a dozen others in various stages of construction

More than two dozen mortar rounds and 15 rockets

Over 130 disks capable of producing as many individual EFPs

Six rocket launchers

Five anti-aircraft rounds

Over two dozen RPG warheads

More than 400 plastic and steel containers in various stages of fabrication for IED construction

Large quantities of IED-making material such as detonation cord, C4, blasting caps, fuses, EFP launching tubes, bags of ball bearings and voltage regulators
"The vigilance of the Iraqi police and the willingness of the people of Diyala to end the cycle of violence led to this discovery," said Col. David W. Sutherland, 3-1 Cav. commander and senior U.S. Army officer in Diyala province.

A coalition forces explosive ordnance disposal unit safely disposed of some of the munitions with the majority of the cache being transferred to Forward Operating Base Warhorse.

"The terrorists and sectarian fighters who use these explosives have no other desire than to stop the progress of the country," Sutherland said. "Their hatred manifests itself in the weapons that these supplies would have been used for. The people realize this and understand that progress is impossible without stopping the violence.

"The people are choosing, and they are choosing progress and development by
providing information," he added.

• Date Taken: 02.26.2007
• Date Posted: 02.26.2007 09:18
• Story ID: 9238
• Location: BAQUBAH, IQ