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ITALIAN TROOPS SEEK OUT WEAPONS
During the night of the 6 th of December, Italian Task Force Dimonios conducted Operation CLEAR AREA in the zone between Al Riffa`l and qal At-Sukkar. Units of the Savoia Cavalry, marines of S.Marco Battalion and Lagunari troops operated vehicle check points and conducted extensive searches.The operation proffered many automatic weapons. Thanks to intelligence provided by the local people, a hidden depot containing a huge quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives was discovered. The cache included: 151 Rocket Propelled Grenade launchers 53 PG-7 rockets 38 PG-9 rockets 1 PG-5 rocket 1 mortar bomb 82 mm 300 kilos of explosive In addition, throughout the operation, 13 mortar bombs (82 mm), 6 mortar bombs (60 mm) and 6 munitions (37 mm) were confiscated. Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-12-09 |
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