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By Staff Sgt. Russell Bassett, 4/2 SBCT
BAQUBAH, Iraq – Coalition forces discovered a sizable weapons cache in the Tahrir district of Baqubah, Diyala province, Iraq, March 15.
Soldiers of Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Wash., discovered two rocket propelled grenade launchers on the roof of a home during a routine patrol of the area. The house’s rooftop was connected to another home where the Soldiers found a mortar tube, additional RPG rounds and numerous mortar rounds hidden in a barrel buried in the courtyard.
The cache included 23 mortar rounds, four RPG rounds, three RPG launchers, one mortar tube, one AK-47 rifle, and numerous Ak-47 magazines and rounds. The munitions were destroyed in a controlled detonation at a nearby joint combat outpost.
The inhabitant of the first house was detained by the Soldiers.
Since the beginning of March, coalition troops have discovered several significant caches in the Baqubah-area and detained several known IED and suicide vest cell members, including two suspected female suicide bombers.
“Coalition forces in Baqubah continue to relentlessly pursue insurgent activity, continue to find caches and disrupt AQI cells, and will continue to detain all individuals associated with illegal movement of weapons.” said Maj. John Burpo, 2-12 FA operations officer. “Local nationals and our recent detainees continue to provide intelligence on insurgent networks in greater numbers, and recent successes are indicative of AQIs weakening position in Baqubah.”
Attacks against CF, Iraqi Security Forces and civilians in Baqubah – the former capital of AQI’s Islamic state of Iraq – have decreased by more than 80 percent since June.