Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070321-08
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
FOB FALCON, Iraq – An enemy ammunition and bomb-making cache was found by Multi-National Division – Baghdad paratroopers during an operation March 19 south of Baghdad. Paratroopers of the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division found the weapons, ammunition, and materials for making improvised explosive devices in two targeted houses near the skirts of the western bank of the Tigris River.
The cache consisted of six anti-tank mines, two fire extinguishers, 15 propane tanks, 30 feet of silver cord, an electric igniter, six 60mm mortar rounds, one 81mm mortar round, one bayonet, 100 feet of copper wire, 75 feet of detonation cord, seven rubber pressure plates, six pistol ammunition rounds, seven .50 caliber ammunition rounds, a quarter pound of C4 explosive, six 57mm anti-aircraft ammunition rounds, five pounds of home-made explosives, one digital camera memory card, one six inch pipe bomb, and ten pounds of accelerant.
An explosive ordnance disposal team detonated the cache on site.
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