Emergency response unit captures cache north of Ramadi

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070203-12

Multi-National Force – West PAO

RAMADI, Iraq – Members of the Iraqi 2nd Battalion Emergency Response Unit discovered a weapons cache while conducting a patrol north of Ramadi Feb. 1.

The cache consisted of 200 various sized mortar rounds ranging from 60mm to 120mm, fourteen Katusha Rockets, five 155 mm rounds prepared as improvised explosive devices and 86 mortar fuses.

“Emergency Response Units serve as a quick reaction force to augment and support the police in Anbar province,” said Coalition spokesman Army Maj. Kirk Slaughter. “They are made up of Iraqi citizens and are led by the commander of the Iraqi Police in Anbar. There are nearly 500 more Iraqis in training to become members of the ERU.”