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MND-B Soldiers find weapons in Baghdad

Nov-14-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers found weapons caches in the Baghdad area Nov. 13.

Soldier serving with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found a weapons cache in Adhamiyah at approximately 8:30 a.m. The cache contained two rocket-propelled grenade canisters, two RPG rounds, two RPG launchers, two recoilless rifles, eight 60mm mortar rounds, 43 81mm mortar rounds and an unknown number of canisters of recoilless-rifle propellant

At approximately 7:45 p.m., Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, found a cache of various bomb-making materials, which included 10 electrical blasting caps, two Motorola radios with timers, seven Motorola radios, five washing machine timers, three radio-controlled transmitters, a passive infrared device, two Nokia cell batteries, a radio receiver, two battery packs, an unknown circuit board, two pairs of scissors, a set of tweezers, a box cutter and a box of misc. electrical parts.

“Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers excel in removing these dangerous war implements from the hands of those who would harm innocent Iraqi civilians,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. “We are diligent in providing a safe environment for the Iraqi people.”


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