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RELEASE No. 20081016-09
Oct. 16, 2008
CF Soldiers return fire, kill 2 SG criminals in Oubaidy
Multi-National Division-Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – U.S. Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division – Baghdad, returned fire and killed two Special Groups criminals after they fired upon Joint Security Station Oubaidy, Oct. 14.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment immediately took action after SG criminals fired upon the station. No Coalition Force Soldeirs were killed or injured in the failed attack on JSS Oubaidy.
“Information gathered indicates that this failed attack was conducted by a SG cell from Sadr City,” said Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesperson for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light). “Unprovoked attacks will not be tolerated and will be met with swift and appropriate force.”
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RELEASE No. 20081016-22
Oct. 16, 2008
MND-B Soldiers seize weapons caches north of Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – A tip led Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers to a weapons cache north of Baghdad Oct. 16.
Acting on a tip from a local shaykh, Soldiers serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized six cans of 14.5 mm ammunition, a rocket propelled grenade launcher, an RPG rocket, a 155 mm projectile round, an Iraqi hand grenade, a bag of sulfur and a bag of sodium carbonate near Joint Security Station Tarmiyah, north of Baghdad, at approximately 10:30 a.m.
An explosive ordnance team took the munitions to Camp Taji for disposal.
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