U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Neil Morrison, explosive ordnance disposal technician
with the 710th Ordnance Company, packs a 1,000-pound bomb with plastic
explosives, Dec. 16, 2005. Nearly 20,000 tons of munitions were destroyed in
Area Echo, north of Baghdad, Iraq. The ammunition dump housed tons of ordnance
stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's military.
Racks of 1,000-pound bombs were housed in the Taji Ammunition Dump, known as
Area Echo, north of Baghdad, Iraq. Nearly 20,000 tons of munitions were
destroyed in Area Echo. U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal technicians
assigned to the 710th Ordnance Company detonated the last seven 1,000 pound
bombs, Dec. 16, 2005.
Nearly 20,000 tons of munitions were destroyed in the Taji Ammunition Dump,
known as Area Echo, north of Baghdad, Iraq. The ammunition dump housed tons of
ordnance stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's military.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Neil Morrison, an explosive ordnance disposal
technician with the 710th Ordnance Company, packs a 1,000-pound bomb with
plastic explosives, Dec. 16, 2005. Nearly 20,000 tons of munitions were
destroyed in Area Echo ammunition dump north of Baghdad, Iraq. The removal of
these munitions contributes to increased safety for both coalition forces and
Iraqis
A U.S. soldier assigned to Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, 2nd
Brigade Combat Team, prepares a pile of munitions for demolition in rural east
Baghdad, Iraq. A scrap-metal junkyard was cleared of unexploded ordnance, which
included 1,135 mortar rounds, 632 artillery rounds, 195 rockets, 22 mines and
six bombs.
Iraqis look over a pile of unexploded ordnance collected during a 12-day sweep
of a junkyard in rural east Baghdad, Iraq. U.S. soldiers assigned to Task Force
Baghdad and Iraqi contractors cleared the junkyard of munitions which included
1,135 mortar rounds, 632 artillery rounds, 195 rockets, 22 mines and six bombs
during the operation
Just a few of the 1000's of tons of weapons and munitions we have
found and destroyed. So much so the Terrorist are resorting to making explosives
out of fertilyzer now. LOL Not that all our hard work is haveing any effect on
them or anything. Sure wouldn't want to give that impression. Oh and I love that
in the last few days there have been two seperate occasions where the bombers
blew themselves up planting the IED's. LOL Wonder if the training of these
terrrorist is geting effected and they are running out of "trained" terrorist
and resorting to just anyone stupid enough to try this stuff. I hope
so.
Oh I almost forgot: The last week of 2005 results for the
week.
Combined operations: 191 |
IEDs found and cleared: 153 |
anti-Iraqi forces detained: 275 |
foreign fighters captured or killed: 9 |
Weapons caches found and
cleared:137 |
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