Posted on 05/24/2008 10:26:46 AM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized multiple munitions caches in southern Baghdad May 23.
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a munitions cache at approximately 3:30 a.m. May 23 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
The Soldiers seized 107 mm rockets, plastic explosives and fuses inside an abandoned house in the Bayaa community.
Iraqi National Policemen from the 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Division, located a weapons cache May 23 at approximately 2 p.m. while conducting a patrol in the Risalah neighborhood of southern Baghdad.
The policemen seized rocket-propelled grenades with a launcher, an RPG booster, hand grenades, AK-47 rifles, and a PKC machinegun.
“The Iraqi Army and Iraqi National Police NPs are responsible for a significant amount of cache finds in the southern Baghdad area,” said Maj. Dave Olson, spokesman, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “Their actions, with the support of the 1st BCT, ‘Raider’ Brigade, provide a safe and secure environment for the 1.2 million residents of southern Baghdad.”
Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, seized a weapons cache at 2:15 p.m. in the Bayaa community. The cache consisted of rocket propelled grenades, approximately 600 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, an AK-47 rifle, various IED-making materials, and detonation cord and firing wire.
“The 1st ‘Raider’ Brigade Soldiers work day in and day out with their Iraqi counterparts enforcing the Rule of Law on behalf of the citizens of the Rashid district,” said Olson.
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