{"id":104814,"date":"2023-05-15T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104814"},"modified":"2023-05-15T14:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T13:40:45","slug":"terror-war-army-troops-make-major-discovery-in-sambisa-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terror-war-army-troops-make-major-discovery-in-sambisa-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Terror War: Army Troops Make Major Discovery In Sambisa Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The troops of 21 Armored Brigade Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai, have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) insurgents in Sambisa Forest, in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the troops discovered the massive armory with arms and ammunition when they invaded Ukuba camp in the fringes of Bama Local Government area, as part of ongoing counter terrorists Operation Desert Sanity II on May 13, 2023.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe source said the recovery is coming after the troops raided the same camp and recovered six anti-aircraft guns, four Ak 47 rifles, several quantities of IEDs making materials, a cache of magazines, and a Hilux vehicle mounted with an Anti Aircraft Gun.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA Counter-Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, noted that the large quantity of weapons was discovered in hidden dug pits concealed by the terrorists group.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said that this time, several variants of Rocket Propelled Grenade Tubes, SMG Rifle, Double Barrel gun, 50 hand grenades bombs, 5 SMK bombs among others were recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Others included; 183 Shilka rounds, several IEDs making materials, Non electric detonators, many already prepared IEDs, as well as several canister bombs.<\/p>\n<p>The sources said that as the troops were withdrawing from the general area, one terrorist was seen and naturalized while one Ak47 rifle and other items were recovered from him.<\/p>\n<p>The troops successfully evacuated the arms from the scene after clearing the general area, noting that the troop\u2019s morale and fighting spirit have been further boosted by the outcome of the operations so far against ISWAP in the Sambisa Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram Kill 33 ISWAP Wives As Fighting Rages In Dollar Land, Sambisa<br \/>\nThe troops\u2019 Operation Desert \u2013 Lake \u2013 Mountain II which commenced on 27 April 20 23, in the axis of the Sambisa-Timbuktu Triangle and the shores of the Lake Chad are making steady inroads as ground and backed by air support continue to sustained pressures on the terrorists, killing scores of them while many others were forced to flee.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the terrorist hideouts that were cleared recently included Garno, Alafa, Alafa D, Garin Doctor, Njumia, Izzah, Farisu, Somalia, Ukuba, Garin Glucose, Garin Ba\u2019aba and Bula Abu Amir.<\/p>\n<p>The Boko Haram\/ISWAP terrorists have now resorted to desperate but extreme measures to fight back against the crushing intrusion of their enclaves by heightening series of PBIED, VBIED and RSBIED attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The troops of 21 Armored Brigade Brigade, Operation Hadin Kai, have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) insurgents&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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