U.S. Army Public Affairs: Unearthed Munitions End with Big Bang in Latifiyah

U.S. Newswire, January, 2005

LATIFIYAH, Iraq., Jan. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Task Force 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, Soldiers moved in on an anti- Iraqi insurgent in the Latifiyah area of north Babil Jan. 18. They detained their target without a hitch.

The operation ended with more than just the successful apprehension of a suspect however.

Working off a tip gathered while on site, Task Force 2-12 Cav Soldiers working with their attached Estonian light infantry platoon, 'Stone', found five weapons caches with a total roundup of more than two tons of raw explosives, dozens of artillery and mortar rounds, and an assortment of grenades, anti-personnel mines, armor-piercing ammunition and launchers.

Sgt. Samuel Jones, a Task Force signal systems support specialist who works as a radio...

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