Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080118-01
January 18, 2008

Local Iraqi farmer assists U.S. Forces (Ad Diwaniyah)

1st BCT, 82nd Abn. Div. PAO

Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – U.S. Soldiers received a bag of weapons from a local farmer near Ad Diwaniyah Jan. 12.

Soldiers with Troop A, 3rd Bn., 73rd Cav. Regt., were patrolling when they were told to investigate a weapons cache. The Soldiers were shown a bag of weapons the farmer turned in, which contained a cache of explosive material.

The cache consisted of 17 sticks of commercial grade C4, several boosters, two propelling charges and two coolant units.

Explosive ordinance disposal Soldiers recovered what was salvageable and conducted a controled detonation to dispose of the remaining items deemed to be unstable.

A farmer turned in a bag of weapons to a local security force near Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

Soldiers from Troop A, 3rd Bn, 73rd Cav. Regt. arrived on scene and called EOD.

-30-

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR HIGH-RES PHOTOS, CONTACT THE MULTINATIONAL
CORPS – IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE BY E-MAIL AT:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it