Local Tip Leads to Cache Discovery

IRAQI citizens are stepping up to rid their country of insurgents and take away their weapons. Recently members of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division and US troopers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, aided by tips from the locals, conducted a joint mission to remove illegal weapons from the neighborhoods of western Mosul:

MOSUL, Iraq – Tipped off by an Iraqi citizen, Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division conducted a joint mission with Coalition Force Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, July 30, to remove illegal weapons from the neighborhoods of western Mosul.

Focusing on the Wade Hajar and Al Sinaa neighborhoods, IA and Coalition troops captured a detainee with knowledge of a substantial weapons cache at a home located in the Al Najar neighborhood.

Inside the house, the joint forces discovered a spider hole hidden under tiles beneath a stove. The tiles were broken away revealing a lit room containing: one anti-aircraft gun barrel; one anti-aircraft gun receiver; one sniper rifle, 2,000 rounds of PKM machine gun ammunition, two AK-47 assault rifles, three rocket-propelled grenades and miscellaneous improvised explosive device-making materials. Two suspected terrorists were also detained for interrogation.

“This discovery is another great example of the Iraqi army taking the lead and generating the intelligence that allows us to find and remove dangerous weapons like these off of the streets,” said Maj. Joseph Kopser, executive officer, 2-7 Cavalry.

Here we have another example of Iraqi Army units stepping up and taking the lead in the defence of their country and Iraqi citizens stepping up and supplying security forces with the intelligence they need to fnd the enemy hiding within. Of course this is nothing new to readers of this blog for we report daily the signs of progress that until recently have been ignored by the Main Stream Media as well as Congress.

Good work boys!