Blackanthem Military News, BAGHDAD, Iraq – Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, found a weapons cache at approximately 2:35 p.m. Thursday in northeast Baghdad.
The cache contained 30 artillery rounds ranging in size from 122mm to 155mm.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was dispatched to the site of the cache and performed a controlled detonation to eliminate the threat.
As of Wednesday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B have cleared more than 53,000 buildings, 53 mosques and 46 muhallas, detained more than 90 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,100 weapons, registered approximately 780 weapons and found 31 weapons caches. The combined forces have also replaced more than 1,100 doors, 35 windows and 1,350 locks damaged during clearing operations and have removed approximately 104,397 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.
MND-B Soldiers find weapons cache
By Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
Blackanthem Military News, BAGHDAD, Iraq – Soldiers from Multi-National Division – Baghdad’s 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, found a weapons cache at approximately 2:35 p.m. Thursday in northeast Baghdad.
The cache contained 30 artillery rounds ranging in size from 122mm to 155mm.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was dispatched to the site of the cache and performed a controlled detonation to eliminate the threat.
As of Wednesday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B have cleared more than 53,000 buildings, 53 mosques and 46 muhallas, detained more than 90 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,100 weapons, registered approximately 780 weapons and found 31 weapons caches. The combined forces have also replaced more than 1,100 doors, 35 windows and 1,350 locks damaged during clearing operations and have removed approximately 104,397 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.
