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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches

Aug-24-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches north of Baghdad Aug. 22.

Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B seized a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 5:30 a.m. The munitions included six 120 mm mortars, a 107 mm rocket, three 85 mm rockets, eight 82 mm mortars, 12 70mm rockets, a 57 mm projectile, nine 40 mm projectiles, 500 7.62 mm rounds and 12 AK-47 magazines.

Later in the afternoon, at approximately 6:30 p.m., an Iraqi citizen informed Soldiers serving with the Military Transition Team from the 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., of a cache north of Baghdad. The items seized included a landmine, two rocket propelled grenades and ten propane tanks.


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