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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches throughout Baghdad

Dec-28-2008 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi soldiers, Iraqi Police and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches in the Baghdad area Dec 26.

Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 53rd Brigade, 14th Iraqi Army Division and Soldiers serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, MND-B, discovered a weapons cache containing three 100 mm high-explosive projectiles, five 115 mm projectiles and an empty 152 mm projectile at approximately 12:40 p.m. northwest of Baghdad.

An Iraqi citizen turned in a cache found at his home to Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 4th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, at approximately 7 p.m. north of Baghdad. The weapons seized included two silencers, four grenade fuses, 2.5 pounds of propellant, two 60 mm high-explosive mortars, a heavy machine gun body and a machine gun bolt.

At approximately 7 p.m., Iraqi National Policemen turned in a weapons cache they found to Soldiers serving with Company A, 1st Bn., 14th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf.Div., MND-B. The cache contained two 57 mm mortars

At approximately 11 p.m., an Iraqi citizen turned in a 57 mm and a high-explosive anti-armor round to Soldiers serving with Co A, 1st Bn., 14th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div, MND-B.


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