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MND-B Soldiers discover cache

Mar- 5-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

TAJI, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discovered a munitions cache on a routine patrol March 3.

The Soldiers found 20 artillery rounds of various calibers; four AK-47s; 90 artillery fuses; six motor rockets; three anti tank mines; six hand grenades; 1,000 7.62mm rounds; a rocket propelled grenade; 20 anti-aircraft rounds; five anti-tank rocket rounds and a rifle west of Taji.

The weapons and munitions were consolidated and controlled by explosive ordnance disposal personnel for disposal.

“Our Soldiers continue to seek out and destroy the tools of the terrorists,” said Maj. Al Hing, spokesperson for the 2nd SBCT. “Finding these caches is hard work and their work is paying off in two ways. The tools of terrorism are going away and the people of Iraq are safer today. Our Soldiers work hard every day to make Iraq a safer place.”

This is part of Operation Phantom Phoenix the on going efforts operation to kill or capture al Qaeda in Iraq and Shia/Sunni criminals to deny them rest and sanctuary in Baghdad and the surrounding rural areas.


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