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IA, MND-B Soldiers seize munitions in Baghdad area

Sep-12-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers found several weapons caches in Baghdad Sept. 11.

Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, found a cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 11:45 a.m. The munitions included 15 120 mm mortars, three 130 mm rounds, five 57 mm rounds, three rocket-propelled grenades, two magnet improvised-explosive devices, four hand grenades, an IED, 50 7.62 ammunition, 30 fuses, and IED-making materials and various communication gear.

At approximately the same time on a separate mission, Iraqi soldiers serving with 2nd Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, seized two 120 mm tank rounds in the Kadhamiyah district of Baghdad.

Two local citizens notified Soldiers serving with 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, about the location of munitions in the East Rashid district of Baghdad at approximately 4:30 p.m. Soldiers from Company B, 7th Sqdn., 10th Cav. Regt. investigated the area and seized two 57 mm unarmed rocket-propelled grenades

At approximately 9 p.m., a local sheik, who is also a Sons of Iraq member, turned in 22 fuse heads and a pistol to Soldiers serving with Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., who were on a patrol northwest of Baghdad.

“Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces continue to see great strides in providing a safer, more secure area for the residents of Baghdad and the surrounding area,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “Together, their efforts are making a difference each and every day.”