Stubob
10-21-2007, 08:04 PM
US forces in Iraq discovered nearly 19 tonnes of explosives in a weapons cache north of Baghdad this week, one of the biggest finds of its kind, the US military said today.
THE cache was discovered west of Tarmiya, about 30km northwest of the capital Baghdad, in Salahuddin province where Sunni Arab militants have a strong presence.
The find was made up of 18.6 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and 35 mortar bombs.
US forces destroyed the cache. :D :evil:
“It's a crippling blow against the enemy, it's really huge,” said Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for US forces in northern Iraq.
Car and truck bombs are used on an almost daily basis by militants in Iraq targeting US and Iraqi security forces and civilians.
In the deadliest attack this year, 520 people were killed in August when two suicide bombers drove two garbage trucks packed with explosives into two villages in north-western Iraq.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22622569-5005961,00.html
THE cache was discovered west of Tarmiya, about 30km northwest of the capital Baghdad, in Salahuddin province where Sunni Arab militants have a strong presence.
The find was made up of 18.6 tonnes of ammonium nitrate and 35 mortar bombs.
US forces destroyed the cache. :D :evil:
“It's a crippling blow against the enemy, it's really huge,” said Peggy Kageleiry, a spokeswoman for US forces in northern Iraq.
Car and truck bombs are used on an almost daily basis by militants in Iraq targeting US and Iraqi security forces and civilians.
In the deadliest attack this year, 520 people were killed in August when two suicide bombers drove two garbage trucks packed with explosives into two villages in north-western Iraq.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22622569-5005961,00.html