Patrol Discovers Car Bombs Near Insurgent ‘Safe House’
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 13, 2004 — Task Force Baghdad soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 156th Armor Regiment discovered an insurgent safe house in western Baghdad Dec. 13, on their first day in a new area of operations, according to 1st Cavalry Division officials. Two individuals were detained.
The site of the safe house was in the vicinity of one of Udai Hussein’s farm houses. The unit made their discovery at approximately 9:30 a.m.
The patrol also discovered two vehicle-borne improvised
vehicles contained nearly 1,000 pounds of explosives, including Italian-made anti-ship bombs, three 155-millimeter artillery rounds, 300 pounds of ammonium nitrate, as well as a weapons cache of rockets, mortars and anti-tank weapons. Also confiscated was a cache of medical supplies and industrial chemicals.