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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080610-11
June 10, 2008
ISF, MND-B Soldiers seize weapons throughout
Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Security Forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized multiple weapons caches throughout Baghdad June 9-10.
At approximately midnight June 9, Iraqi Army soldiers with the 22nd Brigade, 6th IA Division, discovered a cache in the Kadamiya district of Baghdad based off the tip of an area citizen.
The cache consisted of a light anti-armor weapon rocket, communication devices, two sets of body armor, four PKC barrels, communication wire, a rocket propelled grenade anti-personnel warhead, small-arms ammunition, five boxes of 5.56 mm rounds and various grenades.
They also confiscated three vehicles and one moped. Extra fuel tanks had been welded into the beds of two of the trucks they confiscated. Iraqi National Policemen and MND-B Soldiers with the 8th Brigade, 2nd Division National Police Transition Team found two improvised explosive devices in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad at approximately 6:30 a.m. June 10. One of the IEDs consisted of a 130 mm artillery round, and the other, a 107 mm artillery round.
The team also seized a large number of weapons during their morning mission, including 62 AK-47s, six sniper rifles, four 9 mm pistols, 12 full AK-47 magazines, four full 9 mm magazines and a machete.
At approximately 8:30 a.m., IA soldiers with the 3rd Bde., 1st Div., seized
five AK-47s in the Sadr City district of Baghdad.
MND-B Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, MND-B, discovered a weapons cache at approximately 9 a.m. The munitions included a 60 mm mortar system, a 107 mm rocket, two blocks of C4 explosive, 12 sticks of the plastic explosive PE-4, five rocket propelled grenades, detonation cord and blasting caps.
At approximately 10 a.m., an Iraqi citizen turned over two 120 highexplosive mortar rounds, two HE pineapple grenades and a possible explosively formed projectile tube to MND-B soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, at a nearby camp.
Soldiers with the 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B, found a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad at approximately 10:15 a.m. consisting of 20, 7.62 mm sniper rounds; a camouflage net, magazines for 7.62 mm rounds, a sight for an RPG, a set of bipod legs and a decoy RPG.
At approximately noon, soldiers with the 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., seized a weapons cache in Sadr City. The cache consisted of seven AK-47s, a Berno rifle and an RPK machine gun.
“Throughout the city, Baghdad residents are coming forward in increasing numbers, providing tips and information on weapons and munitions caches and extremist activity,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for MND-B and 4th Inf. Div. “They are tired of the violence and foresee a brighter future through their actions.”
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June 10, 2008
Iraqi Special Operations Forces detain 4 suspected terrorists
Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO
BALAD, Iraq – Iraqi Special Operations Forces detained four suspected terrorists in the Tall Abtah area, approximately 95 kilometers northwest of Mosul, June 9.
The ISOF conducted an operation to capture the four suspected members of an al-Qaeda in Iraq cell. The detained men are reported to harbor insurgents and make improvised explosive devices. Two additional suspects were detained during the operation.
“This operation is expected to disrupt the cell’s terrorist activities in Tall Abtah and improve the security and stability for the citizens in the area,” Lt. Col. Neil Harper, a spokesperson for the Mult-National Corps-Iraq.
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