Iraqi Army, Wolverine troops seize two weapons caches

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070203-25

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

PATROL BASE LION’S DEN, Iraq — A joint patrol discovered two weapons caches two miles north of Yusufiyah, Iraq, as part of Operation Wolverine Alesia Feb. 2.

In the first cache, Iraqi Army troops from 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment “Wolverines,” 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) discovered two 81mm mortar rounds, one 120mm artillery round, 50 57mm anti-aircraft rounds, one high-explosive tank round, one improvised rocket-propelled grenade round made out of industrial metal tubing, one armor-piercing RPG round, 100 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and a 60mm mortar tube. They also found four prefabricated projectile canisters.

At the second cache site, 300 yards away, Iraqi troops found four 60mm mortar rounds, two sticks of dynamite, two AK-47 assault rifles, two 107mm rockets, two RPG rockets, a case of AK-47 ammunition, 40 shotgun shells and a medium machine gun.

The operation, which began Jan. 30, was intended to deny terrorist sanctuary between the village of Yusufiyah and the major highway leading into Baghdad from the south.