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INP, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions cache

Sep-18-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

By Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

Blackanthem Military News, BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi National Police and Soldiers from a Multi-National Division – Baghdad Explosive Ordnance Disposal team worked together to eliminate an improvised-explosive device threat at approximately 11:55 a.m. Friday south of Baghdad in the town of Arab Jabur.

Iraqi national policemen responded to a report of an IED placed on a road in the vicinity of Arab Jabur and cordoned off the area around the IED.

An EOD team arrived on the scene and conducted a controlled detonation to eliminate the threat.

In a separate incident Thursday, MND-B Soldiers discovered a large munitions cache during a cordon and search operation northeast Baghdad.

Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, discovered 42 155mm rounds buried in an industrial dump.

An EOD team performed a controlled detonation of the munitions.

As of Thursday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B have cleared more than 55,500 buildings, 60 mosques and 50 muhallas, detained more than 90 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,200 weapons, registered over 780 weapons of private citizens and found 33 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 more than 110,000 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.


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