Posted on 06/07/2008 11:58:38 AM PDT by SandRat
BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army soldiers seized multiple weapons caches in Sadr City June 6.
The IA soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st IA Division discovered 15 AK-47s, 200 AK-47 rounds, two Berno rifles, a damaged rocket launcher, 14 fake identification cards, three license plates and an 8 mm video tape at approximately 6 a.m.
At approximately 8:15 a.m., the soldiers seized a sniper rifle, an AK-47, 100 PKC rounds, five rocket-propelled grenade propellants and a Baghdad protection badge.
Iraqi soldiers from the 68th Brigade, 11th IA Division seized 25 82 mm mortar rounds, 19 artillery rounds, six 60 mm mortar rounds, five mortar tops, three improvised-explosive devices, three detonating devices, an anti-tank mine, 12 rocket launchers, 11 RPGs, a body armor set, three AK-47 magazine pouches, 200 grams of homemade explosives, two RPG fuses, three radio chargers and one spool of electrical wire at approximately 10 a.m.
At approximately the same time, IA soldiers from 1st Bn., 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div., seized 2,000 PKC rounds, three anti-personnel RPGs, three PKC magazines, 40 house phones, four rolls of electrical wire and a propane tank.
“Iraqi Army soldiers continue to make significant seizures of weapons and munitions as they diligently strive to safeguard the people of Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman for Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “The Iraqi Security Forces continue to demonstrate their professional ism as they rid the streets of Baghdad of these dangerous weapons.”
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Allow me to translate this for Nancy Pelosi:
The Iranians agreed to turn over 15 AK-47s, 200 AK-47 rounds, two Berno rifles, a damaged rocket launcher, 14 fake identification cards...
Wow. The Iraq Security Forces and Iraqi Army are finding loads of weapons. This may also mean that the locals have enough confidence in the ISF and IA to be giving them good intel.
Yep. Despite what the Dim-O-RATS spew we the war is being won.
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