Civilians Remove IEDs Along U.S. Military Route
MNF-I:
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq – Concerned Local Citizens found numerous improvised explosive devices and mortars along a route frequently traveled by Coalition Forces in Adwaniya Nov. 10.
The CLCs came to Soldiers from Troop B, 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry, Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, reporting the IEDs emplaced along the route.
Capt. Donald Brahman, commander, Troop B, 1-40th Cav. Regt., said some of the CLCs claimed to have expertise with IEDs and volunteered to remove them.
“This portion of the road has been a major minefield,” Brahman said, adding that the CLCs are helping open up the road.
The IEDs and mortars consisted of five five-gallon jugs of homemade explosives, four antifreeze jugs filled with homemade explosives, three 120mm mortar rounds, three 82mm mortar rounds, one 60mm mortar round and one 105mm artillery round.
The IEDs were destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team in a controlled detonation.
Later the same day, the CLCs reported more weapons and ordnance. Nine fire extinguishers filled with HME, five oxygen tanks filled with HME, two rockets, and five two-liter bottles filled with HME and fitted with pressure plates and blasting caps were found.
The munitions were taken to Paratroopers from Troop A, 1-40th Cav. Regt., at Entry Control Point 20, a small patrol base in Hawr Rajab.
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Signs we are winning hearts & Minds in Iraq maybe?
November 11th, 2007 at 3:31 pmOh i would say this is a definite sign that we’re winning hearts and minds, and its a giant sign that the Iraqis are taking control of their country and their own destination in life. Good stuff going on
November 11th, 2007 at 3:47 pmThat Iraqi Army guy definitely looks badass.
November 11th, 2007 at 3:48 pmIt’s not ACU, it’s most definitely not cadpat. It looks like Marpat urban but not really. Dark ACU maybe? New Iraqi Army issue camoflauge maybe? If it is then sweet, I keep hearing stories of a bunch of them wanting to look like us, this should most certainly help.
November 11th, 2007 at 4:07 pmI guarantee if it was Code Pinko, ANSWER, or a so-called “objective” journalist, they wouldn’t of warned the coalition forces.
November 11th, 2007 at 4:10 pmYou know I hope in the coming days, months, years, that the most known acronym is no longer IED but rather CLC.
November 11th, 2007 at 4:11 pmAre these the same Iraqis that allegedly told pollsters that violence against Americans is justified? You know the poll, the one that’s been cited in every D-Rat speech for the past 3 years?
November 11th, 2007 at 4:22 pmMore good news. Iraqis are fed up with AQ and the rest of the irhabi dead-enders. They just want a normal life again…only now with the US standing with them…they have the courage to take back their country from the irhabis. The uniform looks like the new USMC cami uniform. Gee, is it possible that the Iraqi military so admires our Marines, that they want to be like them and dress like them? Damn straight. The iraqis have figured out that freedom isn’t free…you got to bleed for it….
Nice job CLC.
November 11th, 2007 at 5:46 pmALL politics is local.
November 11th, 2007 at 9:05 pmA lot of civilians have been spotting and turning in IEDs and their makers over to IAs/IPs. EOD teams are worried that civilians may get hurt doing so. Cheers to the good people here.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:26 pm