Saqlawiya Provisional Security Forces find multiple caches
By Multi National Force - West PAO
Mar 11, 2009 - 6:36:10 PM
Blackanthem Military News
AL ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq - Saqlawiya Provisional Security Forces discovered multiple weapon caches during a two-day, partnered cache sweep northwest of Fallujah with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, March 8 and 9.
The eight total cache sites yielded 165 grenades and rockets, nearly 40 mortar rounds, 14 artillery rounds, several hundred rounds of small arms and anti-aircraft ammunition, more than 225 pounds of rocket propellant and explosives, various weapons accessories, and a large stockpile of components normally used to create roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices.
Explosive ordnance disposal technician teams were called to each site and conducted controlled detonations to destroy the munitions.