Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070920-14
September 20, 2007

Tip leads Ameriya volunteers to large cache

By Sgt. Jack Androski
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD — Volunteers uncovered a large munitions cache based off of a tip called in by a local citizen in the Ameriya neighborhood of Baghdad Sept. 18.

Late in the afternoon Sept. 18, an Iraqi citizen from Ameriya walked into the volunteer force headquarters and provided a tip on a nearby weapons cache.

The civilian volunteer force, commonly referred to as the Farsan Al Rafidayn (Arabic for “knights between the rivers”) or FAR, dispatched a patrol and uncovered the cache.

Once the FAR volunteers arrived on the scene, a quick search of the residence uncovered a large amount of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive device-making material.

In all, more than 60 mortar rounds, 50 pounds of homemade explosives, 10 blocks of TNT, three smoke grenades, 20 blasting caps, 100 rounds of ammunition and 22 portable radios were found.

The volunteers turned over all items to 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers.

These items were transferred to an explosive ordnance disposal team for destruction.

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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070920-14
September 20, 2007

Tip leads Ameriya volunteers to large cache

By Sgt. Jack Androski
1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD — Volunteers uncovered a large munitions cache based off of a tip called in by a local citizen in the Ameriya neighborhood of Baghdad Sept. 18.

Late in the afternoon Sept. 18, an Iraqi citizen from Ameriya walked into the volunteer force headquarters and provided a tip on a nearby weapons cache.

The civilian volunteer force, commonly referred to as the Farsan Al Rafidayn (Arabic for “knights between the rivers”) or FAR, dispatched a patrol and uncovered the cache.

Once the FAR volunteers arrived on the scene, a quick search of the residence uncovered a large amount of weapons, ammunition and improvised explosive device-making material.

In all, more than 60 mortar rounds, 50 pounds of homemade explosives, 10 blocks of TNT, three smoke grenades, 20 blasting caps, 100 rounds of ammunition and 22 portable radios were found.

The volunteers turned over all items to 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment Soldiers.

These items were transferred to an explosive ordnance disposal team for destruction.

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FOR QUERIES, CONTACT MULT-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC
AFFAIRS, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it OR BY PHONE AT
COMMERCIAL (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-890-192-4674.
FOR HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOS PLEASE CONTACT THE DIGITAL VIDEO
AND IMAGERY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY CALLING (678) 421-6604 OR
ACCESS THEM ON-LINE AT WWW.DVIDSHUB.NET
<FILE://WWW.DVIDSHUB.NET>.