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NP, SoI, local resident lead MND-B Soldiers to weapons cache

Sep-30-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – A tip from a local resident and weapons turned in by the National Police and Sons of Iraq led Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers to the seizure of munitions in Baghdad Sept. 29.

Policemen with the 2nd Brigade, 1st National Police Division turned in a Russian-manufactured F1 grenade, three Iraqi-manufactured grenades, a rocket-propelled grenade and a tail boom for an RPG to Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, north of Baghdad at approximately 5 p.m.

After receiving a tip from a concerned citizen, Soldiers serving with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found a cache north of Baghdad at approximately 6:15 p.m. The munitions included a 60 mm mortar tube, a 7 mm pistol and other bomb-making materials.

Later in the evening at approximately 9 p.m., SoI members turned in five 57 mm projectiles, a 57 mm fuse, six batteries and two blasting caps to Soldiers serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., north of Baghdad.

At approximately 10 p.m., Soldiers serving with Company B, 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B found two rifles and two sights in a vehicle in the West Rashid district of Baghdad.

“Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, in full partnership with Iraqi Security Forces continue to take weapons out of the hands of terrorists and criminals,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for MND-B and 4th Inf. Div. “Together, we are actively seeking their deadly caches and hunting these murderers down.”


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