{"id":3632,"date":"2007-10-20T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-20T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/19-tons-of-explosives-found-in.html"},"modified":"2007-10-20T14:23:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-20T14:23:00","slug":"19-tons-of-explosives-found-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/10\/19-tons-of-explosives-found-in.html","title":{"rendered":"19 tons of explosives found in Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/topNews\/idUSL2026497320071020?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;rpc=22&amp;sp=true\">Here&#8217;s<\/a> some really good news:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>U.S. forces in Iraq discovered nearly 19 tons of explosives in a weapons cache north of Baghdad this week, one of the biggest finds of its kind, the U.S. military said on Saturday.<span><\/span><span><\/span>       <\/p>\n<p>The cache was discovered west of Tarmiya, some 30 km (19 miles) northwest of the capital Baghdad, in Salahuddin province where Sunni Arab militants have a strong presence.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>       <\/p>\n<p>The find was made up of 41,000 lbs of ammonium nitrate and 35 mortar bombs. U.S. forces destroyed the cache.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drudgereport.com\/\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some really good news: U.S. forces in Iraq discovered nearly 19 tons of explosives in a weapons cache north of Baghdad this week, one of the biggest finds of its kind, the U.S. military said on Saturday. 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