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An explosive ordnance disposal specialist member pulls a ready-to-fire explosively formed penetrator from a hidden room in a house in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. Working off a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen, Coalition Forces discovered a massive weapons cache in the home, which included the most EFPs ever found in Iraq at one location. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
KHAN BANI SA'AD, Iraq - Working off a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen, Coalition Forces discovered a massive weapons cache Oct. 23 during the raid of a home in Sa'ada village, Iraq.
The cache marks the largest discovery of explosively formed penetrators ever found in Iraq at one location. The cache included 124 fully-assembled EFPs, 159 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPS (including 12-inch disks - one of the largest ever discovered in Iraq), 600-plus pounds of C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, 31 107mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines.
Soldiers of Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team from Fort Lewis, Wash., detained the cache owner in the raid.
"My first concern was for my Soldiers," said Capt. Jason Rosenstrauch, B Troop commander. "I was worried that the room was unstable because it smelled like explosives and nitric acid.
"A find like this helps keep my Soldiers morale up because they know they've made a difference," Rosenstrauch continued. "It makes them feel good that they are saving Soldiers lives through their work."
Sa'ada Village is located approximately five miles south of Khan Bani Sa'ad, a city in Diyala Province with a population of approximately 100,000 - half Sunni and half Shia. Six weeks ago, Iraqi Security Forces planned and executed Operation Justice League, clearing many al-Qaida in Iraq and anti-Coalition militia members out of Khan Bani Sa'ad. Before Justice League, CF, ISF and Iraqi civilians were regularly attacked by enemy insurgents, and local citizens were afraid to work with CF for fear of reprisals.
Rosenstrauch said the citizens of Khan Bani Sa'ad are now working closely with Coalition Forces to keep insurgents out of the city.
"We have a lot of peace in the city center now," Rosenstrauch said. "We have had a ton of CLCs reporting on enemy activity. The people are turning on the insurgents and telling us where they are."
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An explosive ordnance disposal specialist pulls copper disks, specifically machined to make explosively formed penetrators, out of a hidden room in a house in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. Working off a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen, Coalition Forces discovered a massive weapons cache in the home, including 124 fully-assembled EFPs and 159 copper disks of four different sizes. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
A Soldier from Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., and an explosive ordnance disposal specialist examine a 120mm mortar tube Oct. 23 in Sa'ada Village, Iraq. The tube was part of a massive weapons cache that included 124 fully-assembled explosively formed penetrators, 159 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPs, 600-plus pounds C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, 31 107mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
A Soldier from Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., carries a rocket found in a massive cache in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
An explosive ordnance disposal specialist hands packaged mortar rounds to a Soldier with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash, in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. Working off a tip from Concerned Local Citizen, the Soldiers discovered a massive weapons cache, including 124 fully-assembled explosively formed penetrators, 159 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPs, 600-plus pounds of C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, 31 107mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
Soldiers carry mortar rounds found in a hidden room in a home in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. A tip from a Concerned Local Citizen lead Soldiers to a massive weapons cache in the home. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
Soldiers handle claymore-type mines from a hidden room in a home in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. Working off a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen, the Soldiers discovered a massive weapons cache in the home, including 124 fully-assembled explosively formed penetrators, 159 copper disks of four different sizes used in making EFPs, 600-plus pounds C4 and other explosive materials, 100 mortar rounds of various caliber, 31 107mm rockets, two mortar tubes and 20 claymore-type mines. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
Soldiers pile explosively formed penetrators found in a home in Sa'ada Village, Iraq, Oct. 23. Working off a tip from a Concerned Local Citizen, Coalition Forces discovered a massive weapons cache in the home, which included the most EFPs ever found in Iraq at one location. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)
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Rsemary
22 May 2009, 12:49
<a
href="http://rosemarysthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/clc-tip-leads-to-massiv
e-efp-explosives.html">CLC tip leads to massive EFP, explosives
cache</a>.
Thanks for having a source link. I'm moving my articles, and CENTCOM has
changed it's URL 3x now. I hope they don't do it again. Ugh!
Bruce Koffler
17 Feb 2009, 15:54
I would like to view the photos that accompany this article, but they are
all blank frames, containing a smaller square with a red X inside.
