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Multi-National Corps – Iraq

Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory

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RELEASE No. 20081013-14

Oct. 13, 2008

Munitions seized throughout Baghdad

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches and confiscated multiple weapons in Baghdad October 11 and 12.

Soldiers serving with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, discovered a weapons cache in the courtyard of a New Baghdad home.  The Soldiers arrived at the home at approximately 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11 while pursuing a man suspected of shooting at a checkpoint manned by Iraqi National Police. The cache contained seven rocket rails, an AK-47 rifle and six AK-47 magazines.

An Iraqi citizen’s tip led national policemen from 2nd Battalion, 8th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, to the seizure of an RPK, two AK-47s, three grenade fuses and bodies, approximately 2,000 rounds of 7.62mm linked ammunition, a PKC, and a coax machine gun at approximately 7 a.m. Oct. 12.

Approximately 40 minutes later, Soldiers from 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., seized found five anti-personnel mines and two grenade fuses while on patrol in Adhamiyah.

An hour later, national policemen with 2nd Bn., 8th Bde., 2nd NP Div., confiscated 52 AK47s, an SKS, a 9mm pistol, a revolver, a bolt-action rifle and a video tape with extremist propaganda during an operation in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., based on a tip from a Sons of Iraq member, Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, working with Iraqi Army soldiers from 24th Brigade, 6th IA Division, seized a weapons cache west of Baghdad. The cache consisted of twenty-five pounds of propellant, two 125mm rounds, five 82mm mortar shells, two cans of 23mm projectiles, 16 rocket fuses of various manufacture, approximately 1,000 rounds of 14.5mm small-arms ammunition and four motorcycle batteries.

At approximately the same time, Soldiers from Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th BCT, 10th Mtn. Div., confiscated two AK-47s while conducting Operation Patriot Enforcement II in Rusafa.

Also at approximately 11:30 a.m., an Iraqi citizen’s tip led IA soldiers from Company A, 4th Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Division, to the seizure of two 120mm rounds, two 105mm rounds, a pound of UBE, a fragmentation grenade and twelve fuses of various manufacture, washing machine timers and initiation devices in western Baghdad. An MND-B Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to the scene and destroyed the munitions with a controlled detonation.

An Iraqi citizen provided a tip using the Iraqi Army’s tip line that led IA soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Div,, to seizing an RPG launcher from the rooftop of a building in Kadhamiyah at approximately 11:40 a.m.

“Tips from Iraqi citizens and SOI members, along with the professionalism demonstrated by the Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers, continue to make a difference day in and day out in the Iraqi capital,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “Together, they strive to make Baghdad a safer place for the Iraqi populace.”

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