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IA, IP, MND-B Soldier seize weapons cache in Baghdad

Jan-26-2009 » Filed Under: 2/25 SBCT

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi policemen, Iraqi Army soldiers and MND-B Soldiers seized weapons caches in the Baghdad area Jan 22-23.

With a tip from a local citizen, policemen serving with the 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade, 1st National Police Division discovered a cache on a rooftop in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad at approximately 3 p.m. Jan. 22. The weapons included seven 60mm high explosive mortar rounds with fuses, a 60mm mortar round, three 85mm heat rocket PG-7s, a 85mm heat rocket, two 70mm heat rocket PG-7Ms, a 9mm weapons slide, two 60mm mortar tubes, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a training RPG launcher.

Acting on a tip, Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 4th Battalion, 24th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and MND-B Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found a cache that contained approximately 33 pounds of explosive material at approximately 12:14 p.m., west of Baghdad. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the explosives on site.

Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 4th Bn., 24th Bde., 6th IA Div., working alongside MND-B Soldiers serving with Company C, 1st Bn., 21st Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., discovered a cache at approximately 1 p.m. northwest of Baghdad. The seized munitions consisted of 27 130mm projectiles.

Iraqi Army soldiers serving with 4th Bn., 24th Bde., 6th IA Div., working in with MND-B Solders serving with Company A, 1st Bn., 21st Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., uncovered a cache that contained a rocket launcher, three 122mm projectiles, 14 hand grenades and approximately 300 pounds of explosive material at approximately 3:15 p.m. west of Baghdad. An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed the munitions on site.