U.S., Iraqi forces claim big weapons cache

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

U.S., Iraqi forces claim big weapons cache
Mike Tharp | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: June 15, 2008 04:58:27 PM

BAGHDAD -- In a weekend blitz that U.S. military officials said "severely degrades" the capability of Iraqi insurgents, American and Iraq troops seized one "huge" and three smaller weapons and munitions caches in Baghdad.

The cache described as huge by Lt. Col. Steve Stover of the Multi-National Division/Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, was found Saturday in the west Rashid part of the capital. It contained 90 Soviet-made rockets, several mortars made in Iran, mines, TNT and numerous other explosives, Stover said.

At the same site, Iraqi soldiers also found a small arsenal of related devices, such as 500 pounds of ball bearings and digital timers, which can be used for the insurgents' homemade bombs.

Earlier in the day, three separate smaller caches were discovered by both the Iraqi army and civilians, Stover said.

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Yeah, right.

Grasping at straws....

:eyes:

We will learn that in fact they found 2 firecrackers and a BB gun in a kid's treehouse.

SGT PASTO