Baghdad - The United States military said on Monday that it had uncovered and destroyed an insurgent bunker being used to store ammunition south of Baghdad, after announcing a similar find west of the capital.
US forces destroyed a former Republican Guard bunker system in the Yusifiyah area, south-west of the capital, on Thursday following a tip-off by local residents and surveillance of the site, said a military statement.
It said the bunker, located in an area that housed a major part of ousted dictator Saddam Hussein's former military-industrial complex, was being used by insurgents to store ammunition.
"Coalition Forces engaged the complex with five high-precision smart-bombs," it said.
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"Secondary detonations emanating from inside the complex continued" for about six hours after the strike early in the day, but no civilians were injured in the operation, added the statement.
On Sunday, US troops destroyed a bunker system built in an abandoned rock quarry in Karmah, near the former rebel bastion of Fallujah west of Baghdad, which had been found four days earlier.
About 150kg of plastic explosives were used to destroy the network and the weapons stored inside, the military said, adding that 12 weapons caches were also found within an eight kilometre radius of the bunker.
The whole complex was 170m wide and 275m long or bigger than four football pitches and fresh food inside showed the hideout had been recently inhabited.
Fully furnished living spaces were found in the warren, along with a kitchen, showers and an air conditioner, hi-tech combat equipment such as night vision goggles and a large haul of weapons and ammunition.
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