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Monday, February 11, 2008

Good News from Iraq: 11 Feb 2008

From MNF-I, 1,000 landmines unearthed (Iskandariyah).

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – One thousand landmines were unearthed in a weapons cache Feb. 3.

Coalition Forces and Iraqi Army Soldiers found a total of six weapons caches during the joint operation northeast of Iskandariyah.

The operation was designed to locate weapons caches and deprive al-Qaeda in Iraq of their ability to attack Iraqi and Coalition forces.

In addition to the 1,000 landmines, a substantial amount of munitions was found in two other caches, including 24, 57 mm rounds; nine, 130 mm artillery rounds; and 60 pounds of unknown bulk explosives.

The other three caches contained lesser amounts of munitions and improvised explosive device-making materials.

The caches were destroyed with the assistance of air support and an explosive ordnance disposal team.