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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches throughout Baghdad

Sep-30-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches in Baghdad Sept. 27.

Iraqi Army soldiers found a rocket head and six mortars in a trash pile in Karkh at noon and turned the cache over to Soldiers serving with the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

Approximately 30 minutes later, Soldiers serving with Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, which is currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division discovered four explosively formed penetrators and three Bulgarian grenades in the Sadr City district of Baghdad.

At approximately 3 p.m., Iraqi Army soldiers found 20 empty 155 mm artillery shells, three 130 mm rounds, nine 100 mm explosive tank rounds, and 240 cases of Dishka rounds, north of Baghdad. The IA soldiers turned the cache over to Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.

At approximately 7:30 p.m., a tip from a local Sheik led Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regt., 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, to seizing a cache north of Baghdad. The cache consisted of six rockets, two rocket propelled grenade launchers, six fuses, 48 flares and various types of ammunition.

“Removing these weapons as potential threats against the Iraqi populace is vital in providing for safe neighborhoods,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “Together with our Iraqi Security Force partners and local civilians, we are making a difference each and every day.”


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