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Traffic Accident Leads Iraqi Army To Massive Weapons Cache

At approximately 12:30 a.m., Feb. 6, soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division were on a routine patrol when they accidentally collided with a civilian vehicle.  The vehicle's occupants immediately attempted to flee the scene, but were quickly apprehended by the IA soldiers.After tactical questioning, one of the two detainees told the IA where a huge weapons cache could be found.

Utilizing the newfound intelligence, the 2-2 IA conducted a raid on a house located behind a sheep market in the Nablis neighborhood of west Mosul.  There they detained six suspected insurgents and, upon a thorough search, found a false wall in the house.

It was behind this wall that a large stockpile of weapons was found, to include eight AK-47s, four RPK machine guns, six rocket-propelled grenade launchers, one SVD, one SKS, three PKCs, nine load bearing vests, nine ski masks, 4,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition,32 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 10 fragmentation grenades, 130 mortar rounds (primarily 60, 81 and 82 mm), and a complex fully functional improvised explosive device.

Five of the detained suspects tested positive for plastic explosives and were remanded into custody with their confession statements from the IA questioning.

Additionally, the IA conducted a second raid the following night based on intelligence gained from the first, netting three more suspected anti-Iraqi forces.

The 2IA continues to aggressively patrol the neighborhoods of Mosul

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