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MND-B Soldiers seize various caches

Nov- 8-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi soldiers, Iraqi policemen and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches in the Baghdad area Nov. 6.

Soldiers serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found a concrete block with wires coming out of it north of Baghdad at approximately 9:10 a.m. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspected the concrete block and found a Russian-manufactured OF-26 high-explosive 125 mm projectile, an Italian-manufactured land mine and approximately 20 rounds of 14.5 mm small arms ammunition.

Approximately two hours later, Soldiers serving with the same unit on a joint patrol with Iraqi National Policemen found a cache in a house believed to belong to an improvised explosive device maker north of Baghdad. The munitions included an Italian-manufactured land mine, four factory sealed bags of Iranian-manufactured 7.62 mm rounds, nine 40 mm Iranian-manufactured PG-7 launch motors, nine AK-47 magazines, 2,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, propaganda material, two cell phone, two circuit boards, three computer memory cards, two spools of coated copper wire, a clock with toggle switch, a cell phone battery charger, a 9-volt battery, four protective masks, an Iraqi Police uniform with body armor. The weapons and small arms ammunition was found in the Ba’qubah district.

Based on a tip from a local citizen, Soldiers serving with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found a 58 mm grenade and a 52 mm grenade suspended by their pins on sticks with twine attached at approximately 3 p.m. north of Baghdad.

While conducting vehicle searches, soldiers serving with 4th Battalion, 54th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, seized various subversive materials in the Mansour district of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 p.m. The materials included three pamphlets on how to make IEDs, two fragmentary grenades, seven cell phones, a home phone, six 9-volt batteries, 19 blasting caps and a pistol.

“Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, along with their Iraq Security Forces counterparts, continue to remove these dangerous materials as tangible threats against the Iraqi people,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, 4th Infantry Division and MND-B. “Together with the local Iraqi citizens who provide valuable information in the fight against crime, they make the streets safer every day.”


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