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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons in Baghdad

Jul-28-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Iraq Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered weapons caches as they continued operations to increase security in Baghdad July 25.

Soldiers from the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division found a 155 mm mortar round and two 120 mm rounds north of Baghdad at approximately 1:10 p.m.

Later, Soldiers with the 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found five rocket propelled grenade rounds, a RPG launcher and a 155 mm mortar round north of Baghdad at approximately 1:50 p.m..

The same Soldiers also found a separate cache in the same area containing six 85 mm mortars, four 60 mm mortars, a 122 mm projectile, three fuses, an RPG launcher, six AK-47 magazines, more than 25 loose 7.62 mm rounds and various bomb-making materials.

At approximately 5: 30 p.m., Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division found three rocket launch tubes in the Kadamiyah district of Baghdad.


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