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Air strike destroys AQI safe house, reveals large cache (Busayefi)
 U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets dropped two 500-pound bombs, destroying an al-Qaeda in Iraq safe house used to make and store improvised explosive devices near Busayefi Jan. 6.After the structure was destroyed, a site survey was conducted by Multi-National Division Center Soldiers and IED-making materials were found. The remnants of the IED-making materials found in the rubble included one 122 mm projectile, one 120 mm mortar round, three 57 mm projectile rounds primed with detonation cord, 50 DSHKA large-caliber machine gun rounds, three spools of copper wire, two crush wire strips, 30 meters of command wire, three bundles of detonation cord and a video camera. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-09 |
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