Baghdad Operations seizes Hell Cannons’ factory and diffuses over 300 IEDs
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Baghdad Operations Command on Thursday announced that it had seized a factory used for manufacturing Hell Cannons and dismantled over 300 IEDs.
The command, in a statement, said, “Field Engineering Brigade of The Rapid Intervention Force diffused 48 improvised explosive devices in Fallujah intersection, while forces from the 2nd regiment of the Rapid Intervention Force’s 1st brigade seized a factory used for the manufacturing Hell Cannons. The factory contained 150 rockets, materials and aluminum pieces.”
“Field Engineering Brigade also diffused 125 IEDs and 143 booby-trapped houses, as well as liberating a 5 km long road in Fallujah axis. Forces from the headquarters of the 51st brigade further diffused two booby-trapped vehicles, 162 IEDs and 150 booby-trapped houses,” the statement added.
The command further added, “Forces from the 3rd regiment of the 23rd brigade also diffused two IEDs at al-Obeid in southern Baghdad, while forces from the Federal Police’s 4th brigade diffused an adhesive bomb in Jurf al-Naddaf.”