Page 3 story on Caterpillar profits (NB: yesterday) made me wonder why whenever a structure is found containing bombs or their components it isn't bulldozed flat.BAGHDAD, Iraq – During a search of two houses in the southwestern suburbs of Baghdad, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, uncovered a large cache of weapons April 22.
In the first house, the cache consisted of two 55-gallon drums of home-made explosives, two pressure plates, one artillery shell, a home-made rocket launcher, two pipes filled with high-explosive material, a seven-foot missile, a 14.5 mm Dishka heavy artillery machine gun and six anti-tank mines.
In the second house, located approximately 150 meters east of the first house, a second cache was found, consisting of eight shape charges, a sniper rifle, five pressure plates, three rocket-propelled grenades, an acetylene tank and two grenades taped to a window. The interior of the rear door appeared to contain an unfinished booby-trap.
Inside, Soldiers also found a note asking other terrorists for help to attack a local Coalition Forces operating base.
An explosive ordinance disposal team destroyed the caches on site.