BAGHDAD — Volunteers uncovered a large munitions cache based off of a tip called in by a local citizen in the Ameriya neighborhood of Baghdad Sept. 18.
Late in the afternoon Sept. 18, an Iraqi citizen from Ameriya walked into the volunteer force headquarters and provided a tip on a nearby weapons cache.
The civilian volunteer force, commonly referred to as the Farsan Al Rafidayn (Arabic for “knights between the rivers”) or FAR, dispatched a patrol and uncovered the cache.
Once the FAR volunteers arrived on the scene, a quick search of the residence uncovered a large amount of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive device-making material.
In all, more than 60 mortar rounds, 50 pounds of homemade explosives, 10 blocks of TNT, three smoke grenades, 20 blasting caps, 100 rounds of ammunition and 22 portable radios were found.
The volunteers turned over all items to 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers.
These items were transferred to an explosive ordnance disposal team for destruction.
What goes unsaid here is how dangerous this simple action by the civilian really is. How elitists here in the states could say that "those people" are not worth the effort, is beyond me. This simple Iraqi has more courage than every member of the Democratic controlled Congress. He stood up and did the right thing even when it was at great risk to him and his family. Harry Reid could learn a lot from this simple man.
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