Cache found near JSS Torch

Cache found near JSS Torch
BlackAnthem Military News
By 1st Lt. Charles Bloomfield, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment
May 11, 2007

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Soldiers in western Baghdad found a large cache of mortar rounds near a joint security stations May 9.

Once the cache was identified, Iraqi troops from 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division secured the area and waited for an Iraqi explosive ordnance team to inspect the site.

The Iraqi Army requested assistance from the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, located at Joint Security Station Torch.

1st Lt. Christopher Lowry, of Lee’s Summit, Mo., responded to the request for support with 1st Platoon, Company G and called for EOD support to work alongside the Iraqi forces. EOD determined that there were 46, 57mm mortar rounds.

The wired mortars did not have timers with them; however, a cache from the same location was uncovered last week that included the necessary timers to convert the rounds into roadside bombs.

EOD did not detonate the mortars on site due to the high risk of collateral damage. They removed the mortar rounds from the site for disposal.