# Large Cache of Weapons Discovered in Iraq Traceable to Iran **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 26, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111 "2007-02-26T09:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/1 "2007-02-26T09:54:23Z")
boom headshot! **BAQOUBA, Iraq — U.S. and Iraqi forces have seized a large [weapons cache**](javascript:siteSearch(‘weapons cache’)😉 that includes parts for sophisticated roadside bombs that are believed to originate in Iran, U.S. military investigators said. Military officials said that the arsenal is one of the biggest found north of the Iraqi capital and contains components for so-called [**EFPs**](javascript:siteSearch(‘EFPs’)😉 — [**explosively formed projectiles**](javascript:siteSearch(‘explosively formed projectiles’)😉 that fire a slug of molten metal that can penetrate armored vehicles. The U.S. military has said elite Iranian corps are funneling EFPs to [**Shiite militias**](javascript:siteSearch(‘Shiite militias’)😉 in Iraq for use against American troops. Earlier this month, U.S. officials showed reporters in Baghdad pieces of EFPs they said were directly traceable to [Iran](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254600,00.html#). An informant tipped off Iraqi police to the weapons stash Saturday, the military said in a statement. It was discovered near Baqouba, the provincial capital of Diyala province, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. A military official declined to link the weapons to any particular militant group, but said the cache was found near a village where the Mehdi Army militia of anti-American Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr are strong. Along with the EFPs, the weapons cache contained more than two dozen mortars and 15 rockets. There were enough metal disks to make 130 EFPs, the military said. The origin of the weapons seized Saturday was being investigated, said Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, spokesman for Multinational Division-North. “This local tip led to what is the most potentially lethal IED cache seized in northern Iraq in the past eight months,” Donnelly said. The weapons were discovered under tarpaulins and in two large freezers and a water tank buried in a palm grove. One completed bomb was found as well as around 150 copper discs — the key component of EFPs — rolls of electrical wire, plastic pipes to use as casings, ball-bearings and batteries. One U.S. official said the use of a narrow tube attached to the bomb as a simple sighting-device to aim it was characteristic of Iranian-linked devices used by militant group Hezbollah in [Lebanon](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254600,00.html#) in recent years. Last week, U.S. troops found a suspected [Shiite](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254600,00.html#) weapons hideout in the southern city of Hilla that also included parts to make the lethal roadside bombs. A statement from the U.S. military Monday said that 63 weapons caches have been discovered during major U.S.-Iraqi security sweeps around Baghdad that began Feb. 14. The arsenals included anti-aircraft weapons, armor-piercing bullets, bomb components and mortar rounds, the statement said ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/2 "2007-02-26T09:57:13Z")
this is old news. they are still seeing if they can prove it was tied to the govt. i hope we dont invade iran alone. ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/3 "2007-02-26T10:15:15Z")
[quote=“Locutus,post:2,topic:25111"”] this is old news. they are still seeing if they can prove it was tied to the govt. i hope we dont invade iran alone. [/quote] no. this is new news as of today. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/4 "2007-02-26T10:43:04Z")
Uh oh. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/5 "2007-02-26T11:02:19Z")
How long till people start saying bush planted the weapons? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/6 "2007-02-26T11:11:25Z")
how long till we invade another coutnry we shouldn’t Edit: Scource?? ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/7 "2007-02-26T11:16:08Z")
[quote=“j\_espo1,post:3,topic:25111"”] no. this is new news as of today. [/quote] well when i was in beijing it was on the news there. and that was 1.5 weeks ago. they showed the “bullets” that had the markings that went back to iran. those bullets that pierced through tanks ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/8 "2007-02-26T11:18:16Z")
[quote=“Locutus,post:7,topic:25111"”] well when i was in beijing it was on the news there. and that was 1.5 weeks ago. they showed the “bullets” that had the markings that went back to iran. those bullets that pierced through tanks [/quote] right, im with you on that… but what im saying is this is a **_newly discovered_** cache that was found. ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/9 "2007-02-26T11:21:57Z")
Believe me, we’ve been dealing with this exact kind of shit from Iran much, much longer than we’ve been hearing about on the news. ---
**Author:** ![j\_espo1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/j_espo1/32/7291_2.png) [@j\_espo1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/j_espo1)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/10 "2007-02-26T11:23:36Z")
:word: ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/11 "2007-02-26T11:35:52Z")
[quote=“87FOXGT,post:9,topic:25111"”] Believe me, we’ve been dealing with this exact kind of shit from Iran much, much longer than we’ve been hearing about on the news. [/quote] I am afraid that this will be used as a precursor in our media like Iraq was to step up the talks for invasion or action. This cannot be good for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![87FOXGT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ecd19e/32.png) [@87FOXGT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87FOXGT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/large-cache-of-weapons-discovered-in-iraq-traceable-to-iran/25111/12 "2007-02-26T11:42:42Z")
[quote=“Carnut,post:11,topic:25111"”] I am afraid that this will be used as a precursor in our media like Iraq was to step up the talks for invasion or action. This cannot be good for anyone. [/quote] Agreed. Invasion = no Action, as in possibly letting Israel have air clearance to bomb the fuck out of their nuclear sites = yes, it may just get to that point. We dont have the man power for an all out invasion, plain and simple.