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U.S. Forces Find More Weapons in Southeast Afghanistan
Wednesday, July 24, 2002
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service

Lately, U.S. and coalition troops have identified many small pockets of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, DoD spokeswoman Victoria Clarke remarked. "We know they exist and we're going to continue to go after them." She said senior DoD officials are becoming increasingly concerned about terrorist states that have growing weapons of mass destruction programs. Terrorists, she said, would have no hesitation using WMDs against the United States and its allies. "It's a very real threat; it is a growing threat," she emphasized.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
U.S. troops on patrol in Afghanistan have uncovered more hidden weapons, senior DoD officials said here today.

Over the past 24 hours, the troops seized one large hoard of weapons and a second, relatively small one, Air Force Brig. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. told reporters at a Pentagon news briefing.

The large cache, seized this morning, contained 400 rocket-propelled grenades, 20 cases of land mines and a large quantity of machine gun ammunition, he said. The smaller one included six rocket-propelled grenades and four anti-personnel mines, he added.

Rosa said both caches were seized north of Narizah, a southeastern town near the Afghan-Pakistani border. He commented on the difficulty of determining the previous owners.
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