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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons throughout Baghdad

Dec-21-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers found weapons caches in the Baghdad area Dec. 19.

Soldier serving with 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, seized six AK-47s, a pistol, a box containing an undetermined amount of ammunition at approximately 4:15 a.m. in Baghdad’s Ghazaliyah neighborhood.

At approximately 9:15 a.m. Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 35th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armor Division, MND-B, found eight 57 mm projectiles south of Baghdad. An explosives ordnance disposal team responded to the area and destroyed the munitions.

Acting on a tip from a concerned citizen Soldiers serving with Company C, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, discovered a cache north of Baghdad containing eight 125 mm mortars and two 42 mm mortars and five 40 mm high explosive anti-tank rounds at approximately 10:30 a.m. The seized munitions, found north of Baghdad, were later destroyed on site by and EOD team.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., Soldiers serving with 1st Bn, 35th, Armd. Regt., 2nd Bde., 1st Armd. Div., MND-B, uncovered a buried cache south of Baghdad. The munitions seized included, two 100 pound propane tanks, an 80 pound propane tank, a 100 kilogram bomb, a 2.75 in. Flechette rocket, two 125 mm rounds, two mortars and 150 pounds of home-made explosives.

At approximately noon, Soldiers serving with 1st Bn., 35th, Armd. Regt., 2nd Bde., 1st Armd. Div., MND-B, uncovered another buried cache. The cache contained 400 pounds of explosives, four propane tanks, 14 60 mm mortars and a 57 mm mortar south of Baghdad.

Soldiers serving with 2nd Sqdn, 14th Cav. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B, found a cache containing a base plate and an anti-aircraft barrel, 570 rounds linked and 1,500 rounds unlinked of 50 caliber ammunition at approximately 1 p.m. north of Baghdad.


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