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ISF, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons in Baghdad

Aug-21-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi National Police and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized several weapons caches during operations to increase security throughout Baghdad Aug. 20.

At approximately 4 a.m., Iraqi Police with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st National Police Division, seized 10 60 mm mortar rounds, nine rocket-propelled boosters, a rocket-propelled grenade warhead and an anti-personnel grenade north of Baghdad.

Soldiers with Task Force 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Iraqi Army soldiers with the 11th IA Division, seized 76 120 mm mortars in the Sadr City district of Baghdad at approximately 7:30 a.m.

During cache clearance missions, Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a .30-caliber rifle, an anti-aircraft gun mount, seven .50-caliber machine guns, four 14.5 mm anti-aircraft rounds, an SKS assault rifle, four M86 Russian-manufactured light machine guns, five M86 barrels and two M240 barrels at approximately 10:30 a.m. northwest of Baghdad.

“Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers remain diligent in removing these dangerous weapons from the streets of the greater Baghdad area,” said Maj. Mark Cheadle, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “Together, we strive to safeguard the lives of the citizens of Iraq.”


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