Operation Purple Haze
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Baghdad
Soldiers, working together with Iraqi Army
troops, discovered two caches totaling approximately 700 lbs. of homemade explosives in the early morning hours of July 15, 2007 in Operation Purple Haze.
Jamiya’a neighborhood.
The homemade explosives, 14 50-lb. bags, were found in an abandoned house along with ball bearings and detonation cord. An explosive ordnance disposal unit conducted a controlled detonation of the one bag of homemade explosives at the site of the discovery. The bag was torn and the explosives were leaking, making the bag unsafe for transportation. All other items in the cache were removed from the house prior to demolition
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In a separate raid during the same operation, a smaller cache of munitions and weapons was discovered. Two machine guns, one AK-47
assault rifle and a variety of knives, grenades and other small explosives were uncovered in a second abandoned home in the neighborhood.
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
Soldiers, working together with Iraqi Army
Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army is the land component of the Iraqi military, active in various forms since being formed by the British during their mandate over the country after World War I....
troops, discovered two caches totaling approximately 700 lbs. of homemade explosives in the early morning hours of July 15, 2007 in Operation Purple Haze.
Operation Details
The 3rd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment made the cache finds during Operation Purple Haze, part of an ongoing effort to establish security in the western BaghdadBaghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
Jamiya’a neighborhood.
The homemade explosives, 14 50-lb. bags, were found in an abandoned house along with ball bearings and detonation cord. An explosive ordnance disposal unit conducted a controlled detonation of the one bag of homemade explosives at the site of the discovery. The bag was torn and the explosives were leaking, making the bag unsafe for transportation. All other items in the cache were removed from the house prior to demolition
Demolition
Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
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In a separate raid during the same operation, a smaller cache of munitions and weapons was discovered. Two machine guns, one AK-47
AK-47
The AK-47 is a selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle, first developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov. It is officially known as Avtomat Kalashnikova . It is also known as a Kalashnikov, an "AK", or in Russian slang, Kalash.Design work on the AK-47 began in the last year...
assault rifle and a variety of knives, grenades and other small explosives were uncovered in a second abandoned home in the neighborhood.
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