Iraqi Police, Coalition Forces Discover Large EFP Cache

Iraqi Police, Coalition Forces Discover Large EFP Cache
Multi-National Division – North PAO

BAQUBAH, Iraq – An informant’s tip led Iraqi Police officers from Judidah, Iraq, and
Coalition force members from the 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Cavalry Division, to a large improvised explosive device cache in the Baqubah area
Saturday.

The cache consisted of:
• 2 explosively formed projectiles in various stages of assembly
• One completed improvised mine and more than a dozen others in various
stages of construction
• More than two dozen mortar rounds and 15 rockets
• Over 130 disks capable of producing as many individual EFPs
• Six rocket launchers
• Five anti-aircraft rounds
• Over two dozen RPG warheads
• More than 400 plastic and steel containers in various stages of fabrication for
IED construction
• Large quantities of IED-making material such as detonation cord, C4, blasting
caps, fuses, EFP launching tubes, bags of ball bearings and voltage
regulators

"The vigilance of the Iraqi Police and the willingness of the people of Diyala to
end the cycle of violence led to this discovery,” said Col. David W. Sutherland, 3-1 Cav.
commander and senior U.S. Army officer in Diyala province.
A Coalition Forces explosive ordnance disposal unit safely disposed of some of
the munitions with the majority of the cache being transferred to Forward Operating
Base Warhorse.

"The terrorists and sectarian fighters who use these explosives have no other
desire than to stop the progress of the country,” Sutherland said. “Their hatred
manifests itself in the weapons that these supplies would have been used for. The
people realize this and understand that progress is impossible without stopping the
violence.

"The people are choosing, and they are choosing progress and development by
providing information," he added.