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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080615-03
June 15, 2008

Iraqi Army, MND-B seize four caches throughout Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army seized a huge weapons cache in West Rashid and, along with Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized three additional weapons and munitions caches throughout Baghdad, June 14.

At approximately 3 p.m., IA soldiers from the 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, discovered a huge cache in West Rashid. The cache contained 90 122mm Soviet rockets, four 81mm Iranian mortars, two 60mm Iranian mortars, an RPG-22 launcher, 13 improvised claymores, eight 40mm Bulgarian grenades, three 60mm Yugoslav mortars, 16 rolls of detonation cord, 11 half-pound blocks of TNT, 32 blocks of Iranian C-4 explosive, five 12.5-inch explosively formed projectile bodies, five complete EFP improvised explosive devices, 87 11-inch EFP bodies, a 7-inch EFP body, 74 5-inch EFP bodies, a 4-inch EFP body, 39 3.5-inch EFP bodies, an unmanned aerial vehicle, six electronic timers, two passive infrared switches, 500 pounds of ball bearings, 100 toggle switches, 88 Bulgarian fuses, nine 12-volt batteries, 10 camera flashes, eight digital timers with magnets, 200 CDs, 100 flyers, two mortar aiming stakes, 12 digital timers, and an odometer. The munitions were transported to a nearby Coalition forces combat outpost for disposal.

Earlier in the day, Iraqi Army soldiers with the 44th Brigade, 11th IA Division, confiscated 14 AK-47 assault rifles, a Siminov sniper rifle, and a heavy machine gun in the Kadhamiyah district of Baghdad at approximately 9 a.m.

In the early afternoon hours, an Iraqi civilian turned over a weapons cache to MND-B Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, at approximately 1:15 p.m. The cache consisted of 15 80mm mortar rounds and two 105mm mortar rounds. The ordnance was of Soviet origin and in serviceable condition.

The Sons of Iraq turned in a complete 82mm mortar system in West Rashid to MND-B Soldiers of the1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at approximately 6:50 p.m. June 14. The system was in operable condition and believed to have been used for indirect fire attacks against Coalition Forces and the Iraqi populace.

“This is a huge find for the Iraqi Army soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th IA Division,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “Taking such an enormous amount of weapons and munitions out of the hands of militants and extremists severely degrades their ability to harm the citizens of Iraq and the Iraqi Security and Coalition Forces. The IA Soldiers continue to demonstrate their professionalism and dedication to taking these weapons off the streets and safeguarding the Iraqi populace.”