Missiles, IEDs found near Nassiriya

THI-QAR / IraqiNews.com: An ammunition cache on Sunday was found in an area north of Nassiriya city, according to the relations and media chief in Thi-Qar’s police department. “In light of intelligence tips, emergency forces have managed to seize a cache containing 37 rockets and locally-made explosive charges in al-Fadaa neighborhood (5km north of Nassiriya city),” Col. Sadeq al-Mashrafawi told IraqiNews.com news agency. The seized munitions were taken to the explosives division, Mashrafawi added. Nassiriya, the capital city of Thi-Qar province, lies 380 km south of Baghdad. SS (P) 1