Monday, February 26, 2007

More Iranian-made Weapons Found in Iraq Saturday

The US military showed on Monday what it said was further evidence of Iranian-made weapons being used by Iraqi militants, including explosives linked to sophisticated roadside bombs... The US military say such bombs, which it calls EFPs, have killed 170 US soldiers in Iraq since 2004...
Read this story in full at KhaleejTimes.com

B-Roll Video and more info on found Cache:
Below is a video of Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces from the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, discovering weapons caches in a palm grove near in the village of Al Jedidah, near Baqubah, Iraq on Saturday, February 24th.

The cache included more advanced materials used in making explosively formed projectiles, (EFPs,) IED-making materials, RPG and anti aircraft weapons, mortar rounds, and rockets.

Scenes in this video include soldiers investigating the area, opening freezers and barrels full of weapons and bomb-making supplies and shots of the discovered weapons.

Here’s a little more info on this video
Unit(s) Involved: 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Unit Hometown: Fort Hood
Unit State: Texas
Force(s) Involved: Army, Iraqi Forces
Submitting Unit: 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs
Date Taken: 02-24-2007
Video Size: 3.82 MB
Video Length: 2:32
VIEW THE VIDEO HERE

(Some info courtesy of Multi-National Corps-Iraq - Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory / Other info, Photos and Video courtesy of DVIDS)

I’ll end this post by adding... Keep up the good work Troops!!!
AubreyJ.........

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