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Monday, October 15, 2007

Good News from Iraq: 15 Oct 2007

From MNF-I, EFPs, weapons caches discovered in eastern Baghdad.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – Soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division discovered two explosively formed penetrators and recovered two weapons caches in the Karada District in eastern Baghdad Oct. 13.


In addition to the EFPs, Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, based out of Fort Carson, Colo., found 17 mortars, four rockets, three rocket-propelled grenade warheads, one AK-47, one machine gun, and four Iraqi Army uniforms at the two sites. An explosive ordnance disposal detachment destroyed the EFPs in a controlled detonation.