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http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22410&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080917-04
Sept. 17, 2008

Tip from SoI leads MND-B Soldiers to munitions in northwest of Baghdad

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – A Sons of Iraq member and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers combined their efforts to secure the Baghdad area and uncover weapons caches Sept. 16.

A tip from a Sheik, who serves as a SoI member, led Soldiers serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, to the seizure of seven 57 mm rockets northwest of Baghdad at approximately 10:30 a.m.

At approximately 12:30 p.m., Soldiers serving with Company B, 1st Battalion, 14th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., found a munitions cache north of Baghdad. The munitions included a 152 mm high-explosive projectile, five sticks of TNT, 15 pounds of TNT charges, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a rifle.

“The Soldiers of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, continue to diligently scour the areas north and northwest of Baghdad to remove these dangerous weapons as threats to the Iraqi people,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and the 4th Infantry Division. “Working with the Sheiks, Sons of Iraq and Iraqi Security Forces in their areas, they are truly making a difference every day.”

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