Iraqi Tip Leads to Large IED Find

BAGHDAD – A large cache of improvised explosive devices was discovered Monday by Iraqi police and Coalition forces near the Baqubah area in the Diyala province.

Iraqi Police from Judidah and Soldiers from the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division teamed up together and found the deadly arsenal.

Thanks to a tip received from a concerned Iraqi citizen, the team found the IED-making material in an open palm grove stashed under tarps and palms, said Capt. Clayton Combs, C company commander, 1-12 Cav. “Crazy Horse."

Combs, who commands the company that found the cache, said the significance in this particular find was the presence of explosively formed projectiles (EFP).

(PHOTO: Capt. Clayton Combs, C company commander, 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division displays one of 150 metallic disks that were part of a weapons cache that was discovered Feb. 24 in the Baqubah area. The disks are key in the construction of explosively formed projectiles (EFP).)

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