BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers, Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and a local citizen uncovered weapons caches in Baghdad July 15.
Iraqi Army soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division, discovered a weapons cache in the Sadr City district of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 a.m.
The cache consisted of two rocket propelled grenade-7 launchers, two AK-47’s, five RPG-7 anti-tank rockets, two RPG-7 anti-personnel rockets, five AK-47 magazines, two grenades, two load bearing vests, a radio with charger, eight light machine gun round drums, explosive initiation wire and 14 explosive initiation devices.
A local citizen found a cache while digging in his garden and turned the items in to the local Iraqi Police station in the Mansour district of Baghdad at approximately 11 a.m. The items included a 60 mm round and 4 fuses.
At approximately the same time, Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a 106 mm round, a 122 mm projectile, two 82 mm mortars and 500 feet of detonation cord. The cache was turned into the local Iraqi Police station west of Baghdad.
IA, MND-B Soldiers, local citizen take weapons off streets
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers, Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers and a local citizen uncovered weapons caches in Baghdad July 15.
Iraqi Army soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division, discovered a weapons cache in the Sadr City district of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 a.m.
The cache consisted of two rocket propelled grenade-7 launchers, two AK-47’s, five RPG-7 anti-tank rockets, two RPG-7 anti-personnel rockets, five AK-47 magazines, two grenades, two load bearing vests, a radio with charger, eight light machine gun round drums, explosive initiation wire and 14 explosive initiation devices.
A local citizen found a cache while digging in his garden and turned the items in to the local Iraqi Police station in the Mansour district of Baghdad at approximately 11 a.m. The items included a 60 mm round and 4 fuses.
At approximately the same time, Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a 106 mm round, a 122 mm projectile, two 82 mm mortars and 500 feet of detonation cord. The cache was turned into the local Iraqi Police station west of Baghdad.
