SIGNIFICANT WEAPONS CACHE CONFISCATED

CENTCOM ^ | Dec. 30, 2003

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

	NEWS RELEASE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND 7115 South Boundary Boulevard MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101 Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894

December 30, 2003
Release Number: 03-12-78


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


SIGNIFICANT WEAPONS CACHE CONFISCATED

TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Ironhorse Second Infantry’s Arrowhead Brigade soldiers discovered a significant weapons cache southeast of Samarra in the morning of Dec. 29. Some of the items located were found in a false wall.

The cache consisted of 43 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 79 rocket-propelled grenades, 19 AK-47 assault rifles, one machine gun, one 40mm grenade launcher, six 60mm mortar tubes with base plates, 7,920 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, more than 160 mortar rounds, 34 100mm BMP rounds, six rifle grenades, 40 82mm fuses, two 40mm grenades, 25 fragmentary grenades, five pounds of artillery propellant, 16 mortar primers, a significant amount of C4 and TNT, one assembled improvised explosive device and materials to make additional devices.

Al Qaeda literature and videotapes were also found as well as a British made ceramic body armor plate with a bullet hole. This is an indication that the enemy faction was testing the personal protection plate’s ability to withstand expended anti-personnel ammunition.

[BlueNgold]

Al Qaeda literature and videotapes were also found

'nuff said ...

[BOBTHENAILER]

Great catch troops. Keep up the superb work.

[MEG33]

This is a great find.Lives saved,thank God!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Significant yes, but still small potatoes.

[SolutionsOnly]

Great! One down. How many more hundred to go?

[Darksheare]

That much ammo.. I'd turn around and USE it on the bad guys.
Write "How do you like me now?" on the RPG's just for fun.
*snort*

[Darksheare]

Sam, check out this article.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Task Force Ironhorse, ping!

[Prodigal Son]

An entire mortar platoon worth of tubes. Pretty cool.

[JimRed]

Al Qaeda literature and videotapes were also found...

But, that's not possible...Iraq has NOTHING to to with Al-Qaeda; the liberal news media told me so!

[ladyinred]

I got an email from my friend who was on that raid. Very interesting! After telling about the raid and all of the things they found, he says, "This country is so boring!" LOL! Ah to be so young!

[Southack]

Outstanding!

[Old Grumpy]

Great news! That many fewer weapons to be used against the good guys.

[RandallFlagg]

You folks wouldn't believe the arguments I'm getting into on the other boards. These people are such terrorist/Saddam apologists it would cross your eyes. Here's one example (My posts are in blue, my opponent's are in red): ____________________________________________________

BAGHDAD WEAPONS TRAIL LEADS TO SYRIA December 30, 2003 -- DAMASCUS, Syria - A trading company closely linked with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad smuggled sophisticated arms to Saddam Hussein in the three years before his overthrow - all in violation of a U.N. embargo, it was reported today. SES International Corp., headed by one of Assad's cousins, helped illicitly transfer weapons and military hardware to Iraq, the Los Angeles Times said.

This is extremely vague, taken from 1 source with little detail & with no dates attached.

I think I'll wait & see with this one.

Here's a second source: Syria Was Iraq's Top Weapons Source Before War, Paper Says

Pointing to the same original source, even in the headline.

How do you figure? One's from Yahoo (Syria Was Iraq's Top Weapons Source Before War, Paper Says) and the other's from the New York Post (BAGHDAD WEAPONS TRAIL LEADS TO SYRIA). And it's reporting on the same story in different wordings. Two sources, same story.

It's in the New York Times.

It's on the front page of the L.A. Times.

What more do you need?

They both quote the Los Angeles Times as their source.

Does that make it any less credible?

It makes it more likely that it isn't credible.

I still can't find it on FoxNews yet -not that you'd take anything from them seriously, though.

No, so it'll be saying something if it doesn't appear on there.
U might have to refresh me, I didn't see anything about it in Kays report, nor heard anything since.

There wouldn't be anything in Kay's report. It's a State Department issue, not a CIA issue.

This is what we call not believing everything I am fed
This was released to accuse Saddam.
This is a vague claim at best.

You're telling us that all these news services are involved in some conspiracy to nail Saddam? Why and for what?

They are in the business of selling papers. Stories like this sell them.

Then why include hard facts like the 50 contracts in the article? These will eventually turn up and that will be the final nail in the coffin.

The words: "The Newspaper said" constitutes hard facts?

So, you find it more credible that the L.A. Times pulled this story out of their a$$es than it being true? You do know that Reuters is a major news organization that have people all over the globe to find these things out, right? If this were the case, wouldn't you think that they'd have been discredited years ago and not have the reputation that they currently enjoy?

But reuters aren't the original source, they are using someone else & state what that source is to allow independent views on how accurate this story might be.
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The extent to which these people would defend Saddam is unbelievable.

[cavtrooper21]

oh woopeee... I got more than that in the barn...
OOOPPPPSSSSS!!!
Just kidding! Really!

Great job by our guys!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Bump!

[glorgau]

This is roughly equivalent to what is carried on one M-1 tank.

[ChefKeith]

It make one wonder if when We find these stashes that maybe We should leave them be until the scumballs come to get it and then trigger a blast while they are inside...

[AmericanInTokyo]

Hey! Where's the (obligatory) Disappointed Daschle photo??