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Iraqi Soldiers detain terrorist, discover weapons cache
MNF-Iraq ^ | January 12, 2006 | TASK FORCE IRONHORSE

Posted on 01/12/2006 7:02:31 AM PST by mdittmar

BAGHDAD , Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army Division, supported by Task Force Ironhorse Soldiers, detained a suspected terrorist and discovered a weapons cache during a raid north of Baghdad at approximately 2 a.m. Jan. 12.

The Iraqi soldiers and Soldiers from a military training team with 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment received fire from insurgents, but quickly suppressed the firefight and captured one suspect.

The Iraqi soldiers also discovered three improvised explosive devices, four mortar tubes, 50 mortar rounds, four rocket propelled grenade launchers, 30 RPG rounds, 50 AK-47 rifles, 10 rocket launchers, 10 rockets, 200 grenades, one RPK machine gun, six sticks of C-4 explosives, an unknown amount of TNT, one 152mm round, one tazer and Iraqi Army uniforms and identification cards.


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1 posted on 01/12/2006 7:02:32 AM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

But no WMD's? :-)


2 posted on 01/12/2006 7:08:46 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
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To: mdittmar
BAGHDAD , Iraq – Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army Division, supported by Task Force Ironhorse Soldiers, detained a suspected terrorist and discovered a weapons cache during a raid north of Baghdad at approximately 2 a.m. Jan. 12.

OUTSTANDING! Bump

3 posted on 01/12/2006 7:26:37 AM PST by humint ("For here we are not afraid to follow the truth, wherever it may lead." – Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mdittmar
Why do people watch this hokem?
4 posted on 01/12/2006 7:51:06 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: mdittmar

Very strange -- post above by me is not addressed to this thread.


5 posted on 01/12/2006 7:52:08 AM PST by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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ARGh the insurgents have 50 ak47 rifles still in circulation?!?! Iraq is a quagmire! there is no way our marines can handle terorist armed with ak47's!! .. we must withdraw now!


/murtha mode off
6 posted on 01/12/2006 8:39:20 AM PST by Element187
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