Posted on 05/26/2008 5:15:46 PM PDT by SandRat
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized weapons caches May 25-26 in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
At approximately 7:30 p.m. May 25, Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, located three 60mm mortar rounds while conducting route clearance in the Masafee community.
Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division found two explosively formed projectiles while searching a residence in the Bayaa community at approximately 2:30 p.m. May 26.
“These finds verify that the 1st BCT, ‘Raider‘ Brigade Soldiers are patrolling the streets daily to find weapon caches and the criminals responsible for violent attacks against innocent Iraqi citizens,” said Maj. Dave Olson, a spokesman for 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B.
“Soldiers in the Raider Brigade honored the sacrifice of fallen Soldiers by continuing the mission—their mission of helping the people of Iraq.”
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