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| -Short Attention Span Theater- |
| This could have made one monster IED |
| 2006-04-19 |
| IRAQI CITIZEN'S TIP LEADS TO MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURING WEAPONS CACHES 4/19/2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Responding to a tip from an Iraqi citizen, Multi-National Division –Baghdad Soldiers found a weapons cache south of Baghdad April 17. At approximately 6 p.m., while conducting a combat patrol, Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division received a tip from the local national that led the Soldiers to the cache. The cache consisted of eight 250- to 500-pound aerial bombs stored in a steel cage and ready to be transported. The Soldiers contacted an explosive ordnance disposal team, which conducted a controlled detonation and destroyed the cache. Earlier in the day, Soldiers from MND-B’s 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a cache while conducting a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad. The cache consisted of two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 15 rocket-propelled grenades, a mortar tube, a 60 mm round, two green star clusters (flares) and an Iraqi police vest. The cache was turned over to an EOD team and rendered safe. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #5 In the immortal words of the father character from EVERYONE LOVES RAYMOND - "Holy Crap"!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-04-19 22:23 |
| #4 i shoued it. |
| Posted by: ľµØ°å 2006-04-19 21:28 |
| #3 Nimble-yep. |
| Posted by: Jules 2006-04-19 19:10 |
| #2 "rendered safe". We should have "Rendered it Safe" over Iran. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-04-19 17:40 |
| #1 500 lb aerial bombs, source unknown. We should be bringing this stuff to the UN for PR purposes. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-04-19 17:06 |