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| Iraq |
| Air Strike Adds Explosives to Mosul IED Warehouse |
| 2007-03-06 |
| BAGHDAD, Iraq – A Coalition Forces air strike destroyed a building housing a large cache of materials used to build roadside bombs in Mosul Monday evening. Intelligence reports stated terrorists were accumulating weapons and were believed to have knowledge of suppliers and producers of improvised explosive devices in the Mosul area. Upon arrival at the targeted building, two individuals While searching the targeted building, ground forces discovered an underground room that was being used to store large amounts of IED-making materials, including approximately 50 IEDs, 200 bags of fertilizer, blasting caps and multiple grenades. Coalition Forces called in for air support to destroy the building to prevent the IED-related material from being used against Iraqi citizens, Iraqi military and Coalition Forces in the future. “Considering the amount of human suffering and damage inflicted by VBIEDs, it is always significant when we are able to eliminate or detain terrorists involved in these attacks,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Garver, MNF-I spokesperson. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #2 Ahh, the sweet sound of secondary explosions in the night can only mean multiple dead islamomurderers. |
| Posted by: anonymous 2007-03-06 17:32 |
| #1 Glenmore, your's is my favourite tagline of the week, so far. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-03-06 07:56 |