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IA, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions

Jun-30-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, aided by tips from Iraqi civilians, seized six munitions caches north and west of Baghdad June 26.

MND-B Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a munitions cache near the town of Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, at approximately 6:30 a.m. June 26. The cache consisted of a 120 mm mortar round, a 100 mm Illumination mortar round, four 57 mm high-explosive projectiles, six 107 mm HE rocket warheads, a surface-to-air missile, a 155 mm HE projectile; 11, 82 mm HE mortar rounds; 24, 57 mm rocket motors, an improvised explosive device, 300 electric blasting caps, empty artillery casings, various small-arms ammunition, explosives, propellants and other various IED-making materials.

Approximately four hours later, Soldiers with the 27th Inf. Regt. seized a nitric acid chemical cache west of Camp Taji at approximately 10:20 a.m. consisting of nine five-gallon jugs of nitric acid.

Soldiers from the 37th Brigade, 9th IA Division, along with Soldiers from the 14th Inf. Regt., seized a weapons cache in Tarmiyah Qada at approximately 12:10 p.m. consisting of nine boxes of heavy machine gun rounds.

Two hours later, soldiers with the 37th Bde., 9th IA Div., seized a cache in Abayachi, north of Baghdad, containing two 120 mm mortar rounds, a 122 mm artillery round, 100 heavy machine gun rounds, a heavy machine gun base plate, an unknown machine gun and a 107 mm rocket motor.

Based on an Iraqi citizen’s tip, Soldiers from the 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., seized a munitions cache north of Abu Ghuraib at approximately 5:45 p.m. The cache consisted of an unknown HME, a blasting cap, bomb-making material, and a grenade and fuse.

Approximately 15 minutes later, Soldiers from the same unit seized another cache consisting of 24, 82 mm mortar rounds.

“Daily, in and around Baghdad, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers are aggressively seeking out and acting on Iraqi civilian tips to remove dangerous weapons and munitions caches,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “In full partnership with the citizens of Baghdad, we hope to set the conditions for a brighter future for the Iraqi children.”


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