From MNF-I, Citizen’s Tip Leads to Explosively-Formed Penetrator Weapons Cache.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER — Soldiers from Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, seized an explosively-formed penetrator (EFP) cache in Jurf Nadaf, a town southeast of Baghdad, due to a tip from a ‘Sons of Iraq’ [formerly known as Concerned Local Citizens] member, Feb. 8.
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This find consisted of 13 EFPs, one shape charge, 37 blocks of C4 explosive, 13 blasting caps, one 62 mm mortar tube and one 40 mm rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
The 3-1 Cav. Regt. is assigned to the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga. and has been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom since March, 2007.
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