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Arms cache seized in Mosul
Aswat al-Iraq: Forces from the Iraqi army's 6th Brigade on Saturday seized a weapons cache containing dozens of Grad, Strella, and Katyusha missiles in the city of Mosul on Saturday, the brigade commander said."The force seized the large cache in the area of al-Islah al-Ziraie, western Mosul," Brig. Ismail Abdullah told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. "The cache, hidden underground, contained 54 RPG shells, 100 improvised explosive devices read for detonation, seven BKC rifles, 15 sniper rifles, 18 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 50 mortar shells, 10 Grad missiles, 10 guns with silencers, 10 boxes of ammunition, 26 Katyusha rockets, and two Strella missiles," Abdullah said. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-15 |
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