MND-N Soldiers find large cache during Operation Manchu Harvest III
By Multi-National Division - North PAO
Apr 9, 2008 - 4:58:43 AM
Blackanthem Military News
TIKRIT, Iraq - Multi-National Division - North Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division discovered a large weapons cache in Salah ad Din Province during a new operation this week.
Operation Manchu Harvest, which began April 4, is designed to remove insurgent activity in the region.
During the first week of the operation, Coalition force Soldiers discovered the weapons cache, which consisted of artillery rounds, mortar rounds, rockets, rocket propelled grenades, mortar fuses, an RPG launcher, hand grenades, suicide vests, a land-mine, more than 150 small-arms rounds of various sizes and over 60 pounds of IED making materials as well as other explosives.
"These significant cache finds continue to erode the enemy's capabilities and will help to keep Iraqi citizens safe," said Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, a Multi-National Division-North spokesman.