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MND-B Soldiers seize multiple caches in Baghdad

Jul-17-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches in Baghdad July 15.

At approximately 4:30 p.m., Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division found seven 155 mm artillery rounds, 26 120 mm mortars, two PG-7 machine guns, a PG-9 machine gun, a 57 mm rocket, a 2.75 inch rocket warhead, a five-gallon can of UBE explosive material, 22 100 mm mortars and 26 82 mm mortars north of Baghdad.

Later, Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division found ten mortar fuses at approximately 10 p.m., in the West Rashid area of Baghdad.

Soldiers from the 18th Military Police Brigade found five one pound blocks of C-4 explosive material at approximately 2 p.m., in the Kadamiyah area of Baghdad.

“Since May 20, in full partnership with Iraqi Security Forces, U.S. Soldiers in Baghdad have seized more than 450 weapons and munitions caches,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “Dubbed Operation Ironhorse Tempest, we have seized 275 explosively-formed penetrators, 336 improvised explosive devices, 245 rockets, 478 artillery rounds, 2,159 mortar rounds, 972 rocket propelled grenades and 5,320 rifles – a very significant achievement and good news for both the Iraqi and American people.”


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