Stryker Brigade News

ISF, MND-B Soldiers find caches

Oct-19-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces seized weapons caches throughout Baghdad Oct 18 and 19.

At approximately 12:30 p.m. Oct., 18 Iraqi Policemen seized two rocket-propelled grenades at a technical college in Karadah. The RPGs, determined to be unserviceable, were turned over to Soldiers serving with 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light).

Iraqi Army soldiers provided a tip to Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, resulting in the discovery of a weapons cache north of Baghdad at approximately 4 p.m. Oct. 18. The cache contained two foreign army assault packs with flags on them and TNT attached. Inside the packs were five sticks of PE-4 explosives, five electric caps, a grenade fuse, approximately 200 rounds of small arms ammunition, 25 feet of detonation cord and a 10-round magazine for an SVD rifle.

Policemen serving with 2nd Battalion, 8th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, along with Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Brigade, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, seized a weapons cache in New Baghdad at approximately 2 a.m. Oct. 19. The cache included two AK-47 rifles with five magazines, five knives, 50 7.62 mm rounds of ammunition, five bulletproof vests with two plates, two sets of handcuffs, and two uniforms.

“Iraqi Security Forces are increasingly taking the lead in securing Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “MND-B Soldiers remain steadfast and loyal in supporting the ISF.”