Friday, March 24, 2006

Swarmer All Wrapped Up

From Defenselink:

Operation Swarmer, a combined operation involving Iraqi soldiers and police commandos and coalition forces wrapped up yesterday without any casualties and all of the tactical objectives met, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced today.

Tons of enemy weaponry were captured, which could be used against coalition forces, including:


Six shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles;
More than 350 mortar rounds and three mortar systems;
26 artillery rounds;
A variety of bomb-making materials and other military items;
More than 120 rockets;
More than 3,200 rounds of small-arms ammunition;
86 rocket-propelled grenades and 28 launchers;
Six land mines;
12 hand grenades and 40 rifle grenades; and
34 rifles and machine guns of various types.


Job well done!