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SMALL CACHE RECOVERED IVO KHOWST: ON 02 MAR 04, A USSF PATROL WAS IVO 331926N 0695557E WHEN THEY WERE APPROACHED BY LOCAL CLAIMING KNOWLEDGE OF NEIGHBOR WHO WAS AN EX- TALIBAN (TB) MEMBER. THE LOCAL CLAIMED HE HAD SEEN HIS NEIGHBOR RECENTLY HIDING WEAPONS IN HIS HOME. THE LOCAL ALSO SAID HE WITNESSED APPROXIMATELY TEN VEHICLES GOING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBOR''S COMPOUND ON A DAILY BASIS. WHEN SURROGATE FORCES LOOKED AT THE NEIGHBOR''S HOME FROM OVER A WALL, AN ANTENNAE SYSTEM (MULTI-PRONGED HOUR GLASS SHAPED DIPOLE) WAS SPOTTED ON THE ROOF. THE AMF THEN CONDUCTED A CORDON AND SEARCH OF THE NEIGHBOR''S COMPOUND. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE FOUND: ONE FN-FAL PAKISTANI MADE ASSAULT RIFLE, ONE DI-POLE ANTENNAE, 2 X MICRO-CASSETTE RECORDERS WITH TAPES (BEING INTERPRETED), 2 X CHEST RIGS, SEVERAL LOADED MAGAZINES AND LOOSE FN-FAL AMMO, AND ONE HOME-MADE RADIO SYSTEM.