BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large weapons caches north of Abu Ghuraib, west of Baghdad Dec. 30.
At approximately 10:46 a.m., IA Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 36th Brigade, 9th IA Division, along with Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a large cache including 177 73 mm heat rockets, 19 73 mm projectiles, 119 rocket mortars, a 106 mm illumination mortar, an 82 mm mortar, three 40 mm projectile grenades, 20 120 mm mortar primers, six mortar fuses, 40 rocket point detonating fuses, 200 14.5 mm cartridges, a partially constructed improvised-explosive device, and a variety of bomb-making materials.
Later in the day, at approximately 1:20 p.m., soldiers from the same units seized 22 120 mm mortars and a 155 mm mortar north of Abu Ghuraib in west Baghdad.
IA, MND-B Soldiers find weapons caches west of Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a large weapons caches north of Abu Ghuraib, west of Baghdad Dec. 30.
At approximately 10:46 a.m., IA Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 36th Brigade, 9th IA Division, along with Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a large cache including 177 73 mm heat rockets, 19 73 mm projectiles, 119 rocket mortars, a 106 mm illumination mortar, an 82 mm mortar, three 40 mm projectile grenades, 20 120 mm mortar primers, six mortar fuses, 40 rocket point detonating fuses, 200 14.5 mm cartridges, a partially constructed improvised-explosive device, and a variety of bomb-making materials.
Later in the day, at approximately 1:20 p.m., soldiers from the same units seized 22 120 mm mortars and a 155 mm mortar north of Abu Ghuraib in west Baghdad.
