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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080806-05
Aug. 6, 2008
MND-B Soldiers seize weapons in New Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers seized a significant weapons cache inside a factory Aug. 6 during an operation in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad.
Soldiers from 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, confiscated the weapons and ammunition during Operation Borzoi Strike 1. The cache included 42, 82 mm mortar rounds; a 120 mm mortar tube; nine 107 mm rockets, two of which are Chinese made; 150 TNT boosters; 100 Iraqi-made grenades; 100 M-87 fuses; four Yugoslavian-made rifle grenades; 100 assorted small-arms rounds of ammunition and 20 DHSKA rounds.
“Finding this cache will probably prevent indirect-fire attacks against security forces and save innocent Iraqi citizens’ lives,” said Maj. Joey Sullinger, a spokesperson for 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light), Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “We are glad to continue supporting Iraqi Security Forces as they rid the Baghdad streets of militant criminals and protect the people, bringing security and stability to Iraq and allowing the Government of Iraq to improve essential services.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080806-06
Aug. 6, 2008
MND-B Soldiers continue seizing weapons caches in Baghdad
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered a weapons cache northwest of Baghdad Aug. 6.
At approximately 10:15 a.m., Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, seized a weapons cache during a route-clearance mission northwest of Baghdad. The munitions included four Bulgarian OG-7 40 mm rounds; three PG-9s; two PG-7s; two 120 mm rocket warheads, a 130 mm Iraqi projectile, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher; 35, 12 gauge rounds; 35, 7.62 mm rounds and 20 feet of time fuse.
“Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers remain vigilant in taking these deadly weapons off the streets as they strive to safeguard the people of Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “Along with our Iraqi Security Forces partners, we are actively engaged in providing safe neighborhoods for the Iraqi people.”
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