Iraqi Police, Coalition Forces Discover Large EFP Cache

Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070226-01

BAQUBAH, Iraq – An informant’s tip led Iraqi Police officers from Judidah, Iraq, and Coalition force members from the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1stCavalry Division, to a large improvised explosive device cache in the Baqubah areaSaturday.

The cache consisted of:
• 2 explosively formed projectiles in various stages of assembly
• One completed improvised mine and more than a dozen others in various stages of construction
• More than two dozen mortar rounds and 15 rockets
• Over 130 disks capable of producing as many individual EFPs
• Six rocket launchers
• Five anti-aircraft rounds
• Over two dozen RPG warheads
• More than 400 plastic and steel containers in various stages of fabrication forIED construction
• Large quantities of IED-making material such as detonation cord, C4, blastingcaps, fuses, EFP launching tubes, bags of ball bearings and voltage regulators

"The vigilance of the Iraqi Police and the willingness of the people of Diyala toend the cycle of violence led to this discovery,” said Col. David W. Sutherland, 3-1 Cav.commander and senior U.S. Army officer in Diyala province.
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