CENTCOM NEWS RELEASE

July 25, 2003
Release Number: 03-07-76

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WEAPONS CACHE FOUND

TIKRIT, Iraq – Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division on July 24 seized a large weapons cache located in a house and three adjacent bunkers near Samarrah.

Weapons confiscated from the house and one of the bunkers include: 10 AK-47 rifles, 42 SKS rifles, 21 submachine guns, seven machine guns, 42 rocket-propelled grenades launchers, 152 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 45,000 sticks of TNT and other ammunition.

The contents of the other two bunkers are currently being assessed.