Thursday, January 08, 2009

Arms, ammo found near Talaafar

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A cache containing arms and ammunition was found near Talaafar district, a local security source said on Wednesday.

“This afternoon, police personnel discovered a cache in al-Fadiliya village (25 km west of Talaafar),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
The cache contained Kalashnikov rifles, 150 improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a large amount of TNT explosive, and 75 mortar shells, according to the source.
The cache was found in light of intelligence tips from detainees, the source added.
Talaafar district is located 60 km west of Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
Aswar al-Iraq

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