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MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches throughout Baghdad

Jan- 9-2009 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army Soldiers, Iraqi policemen, Sons of Iraq and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches in Baghdad Jan. 6 - 8.

Sons of Iraq members seized 19 57 mm projectiles in Baghdad’s Tarmiyah area Jan 6. They transferred the projectiles to the local Iraqi Police.

Iraqi Army Soldiers serving with the 4th Battalion, 36th Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division, and Soldiers serving with Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, and 2nd Troop, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discovered a cache that contained two 155 mm projectiles, a 107 mm rocket, 17 57 mm rockets, 12 60 mm mortars, two 60 mm mortar tubes, 12 rocket-propelled grenades, approximately 8,000 rounds of various calibers of small arm ammunition, 12 blasting caps, a radio and 200 feet of detonation cord at approximately 1 p.m. Jan 7, north of Baghdad.

At approximately 11:15 a.m. Jan. 8, Soldiers with 4th Battalion, 36th Brigade, 9th Iraq Army Division working with Soldiers from Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division working on a tip from a local citizen seized four 60 mm rockets and three warheads in Baghdad’s Al-Raood area.

Approximately an hour later at 12:30 p.m., Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division seized a 107 mm rocket, a bag of improvised explosive making materials and an assortment of small arms near Taji north of Baghdad Jan 8.