QAYYARAH, Iraq – Iraqi Police from Qayyarah discovered a large weapons cache in Kredi, located approximately 13 kilometers southwest of Qayyarah, Nov. 25 while conducting operations based on a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen.
The IPs discovered seven 82mm Iranian mortars and a fully functional suicide vest.
In addition, they discovered over 130 Russian 57mm rockets; over 60 Russian, Chinese, Yugoslavian and South African mortar rounds of assorted sizes; over 230 assorted high explosive and fragmentation hand grenades; approximately 70 Russian anti-personnel landmines; 100 various types of rocket-propelled grenades with motors; 150 pounds of unknown bulk explosives; and an assortment of propellant, detonator cord, grenade fuses, and bomb-making accessories – to include – four empty metal box bombs.
“This is a significant find by the Iraqi Police that will hurt the terrorists’ ability to launch future attacks that are intended to injure and kill Iraqi citizens and the Iraqi Security Forces,” said Lt. Col. Robert McLaughlin, commander of the 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
“The Iraqi citizens need to continue to come forward by calling in tips; it’s these tips that are instrumental in helping the Iraqi Security Forces capture and kill the enemy fighters and eliminate the weapons and explosives that are being used to hinder the Iraqi infrastructural rebuilding process.”
Iraqi Police officers consolidated the usable ammunition and RPGs into their unit armory, while Coalition Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialists destroyed all of the remaining munitions – to include the suicide vest – in a controlled detonation to prevent future use by enemy fighters.
More tips, more caches and increased security and safety for the cirizen's of Iraq.
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