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Tips lead IA, NP, MND-B Soldiers to seize weapons

Dec-23-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Tips led Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers to weapons caches in Baghdad Dec 22.

A tip from a concerned citizen led Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 2nd Battalion 53rd Brigade, 6th Division, and Coalition force Soldiers with 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, to a cache at approximately 10 a.m. northwest of Baghdad. The cache contained three 60 mm mortars and a high-explosive projectile.

Another tip from a concerned citizen led to the seizure of a munitions cache by Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, at approximately 3 p.m. west of Baghdad. The munitions included a home-made rocket and three fuses.

Policemen with the 1st Battalion, 7th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division along with an Iraqi explosive ordnance disposal team removed four 60 mm mortars at approximately 6 p.m. in southern Baghdad. The NPs were alerted to the area by an Iraqi citizen.


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