Weapons cache unearthed in Fallujah mosque

US and Iraqi forces in Fallujah have uncovered the largest-yet weapons cache in the one-time rebel bastion, finding the stockpile inside a mosque led by a key insurgent leader.

Weapons cache unearthed in Fallujah mosque

US and Iraqi forces in Fallujah have uncovered the largest-yet weapons cache in the one-time rebel bastion, finding the stockpile inside a mosque led by a key insurgent leader.

Troops found small arms, artillery shells, heavy machine guns, and anti-tank mines on Wednesday inside the Saad Abi Bin Waqas Mosque in central Fallujah, where Sunni rebel leader and imam Abdullah al-Janabi often spoke, the US military said.

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