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IA, MND-B Soldiers continue to take weapons off streets

Aug-25-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers confiscated and seized munitions throughout Baghdad Aug. 24.

Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division confiscated 11 AK-47s, and a Berno Rifle at 6 a.m. in the Kadamiyah district of northwest Baghdad.

Soldiers from Iraq’s 4th Battalion, 22nd Brigade seized 22 AK-47’s, three SKS rifles and three bolt-action rifles at approximately 6:15 a.m. in the Mansour district of western Baghdad.

Members of the 1st Battalion, 54th Brigade, also of the 6th Iraqi Army Division, conducted a weapons sweep in the Mansour district of western Baghdad at 7:45 a.m., netting 75 AK-47s, three pistols and an RPK.

A tip from a Sons of Iraq member led MND-B’s Company C., 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, to a mortar cache containing eleven 100 mm rounds and nine 57 mm rounds located on the northern outskirts of Baghdad at 8:20 a.m.

“Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers patrol Baghdad streets daily,” said Maj. Mark Cheadle spokesman for MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “While on patrol, the streets are safer and the ISF continue to earn and validate the confidence of the Iraqi people.”


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