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IA, MND-B Soldiers find caches north of Baghdad

Nov- 3-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD –Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches throughout Baghdad Nov. 1.

At approximately 10 p.m., Iraqi Army soldiers from the 37th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, along with Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a cache north of Baghdad. The cache included four 90 mm projectiles, three 122 mm projectiles, a 120 mm mortar, 20 pounds of powdered aluminum, approximately 30 pounds of explosives, 10 pounds of sulfur, four washing machine timers, six batteries, four radios, 10 feet of red detonation cord, and an assortment of insulated wires.

Less than an hour later, IA soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Division, and Soldiers serving with the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), responded to a tip from a concerned citizen in Kadhamiyah. Located in the courtyard of a house was an AK-47 rifle with eight full magazines, 50 loose 7.62 mm rounds, a pair of binoculars, an Iraqi Army flak vest, a rocket-propelled grenade booster, three grenades with fuses, and five radios with chargers.

“Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers continue to combine their efforts to safeguard the Iraqi people,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, 4th Infantry Division and MND-B. “Together, they are serving to make all of Baghdad a safer place.”