Iraqi Army Soldiers Discover Large Cache with Iranian-Marked Weapons
An Iraqi soldier with the 1st Iraqi Army examines one of more than 160 mortars found during Operation Charge of the Knights in Basra April 19. Some of the markings on the weapons indicate a manufacturing date in 2007. U.S. Army photo.
Anyone else need further proof of Irans involvement? Yeah, me neither.
BASRA— The Iraqi Army discovered a large weapons and munitions cache in a house located in the Al Hyyaniyah area of Basra April 19.
Soldiers from the 1st Iraqi Army discovered the cache during the search phase of Operation Charge of the Knights. The cache consisted of a large number of weaponry with Iranian markings.
The cache included a 240 mm high-explosive war-head and approximately 160 mortars. Some of which were less than 12 months old.
The cache also contained approximately 25 artillery shells, more than 20 complete improvised explosive devices, large quantities of IED components, several explosively formed projectiles and dozens of grenades and fuses. Also included was more than 20 blocks of plastic explosives, homemade anti-personnel mines packed with ball bearings, hundreds of meters of detonation cord, improvised rocket launching rails, and thousands of rounds of small-arms ammunition.
Operation Charge of the Knights is ongoing with the Iraqi Army working in conjunction with the Iraqi Police to maintain pressure on Special Groups and criminal elements by denying them sanctuaries and safe havens through Basra and Iraq.
“Operation Charge of the Knights has been an Iraqi planned and executed operation from the very start,” said Lt. Col. Neil Harper, deputy public affairs officer for Multi-National Corps - Iraq. “The Iraqi Army demonstrated their capability to protect the people of Basra against Special Groups and criminal elements that are ignoring the rule of law.
“The success in finding these large caches was also due in part by numerous tips from concerned local Iraqis. This is another great example of Iraqis dealing with their own issues, and they should be admired for their bravery,” Harper said.
(Multi-National Division - Southeast PAO)
MNFI
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Iraqi Army, Well done! (
…3 beers under the table, don’t want to piss off the conservative clerics…sshhhhhh)
Another good news story I won’t see in my MSM newspaper.
Lftbhndagn,
April 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pmmeanwhile, iran is criticizing the US for being in afghanistan. given that we are constantly finding iranian weapons in iraq and given the fact that saddam was never friendly with iran it is conceivable to suggest that Iran is actively involved in iraq since the fall of saddam.
Iran stfu
April 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pmMore success for the Iraqi military, they have watched and learned from the best.
Pat is a month ahead of everyone in middle east news.
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:38 amProbably in General Electric supplied boxes. A
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April 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 amIranians are lying camel fuckers
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:49 amJust curious but why do the Iranians mark the weapons they send to Iraq?
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 amIs it just me or is the IA getting really good at their jobs. Way to fooking go Iraqis!!
Note: all munitions are marked to indicate what they are and what they contain. How else would you tell a WP round from an illume or an HE round if they aren’t marked, You don’t want to use a 60mm charge on an 81 round either.
Markings also indicate weight and composition. Arty rounds for example used to have squares on them. I forget what the squares meant…but the data was included in FDC computations.
You gotta mark the rounds somehow. The mookie militia isn’t exactly a professional army. I’m sure they need plenty of help ID’ng ammo.
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 am