Multi-National Corps Iraq Public Affairs

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By the Multi-National Division – Baghdad Public Affairs Office

BAGHDAD – Iraqi army soldiers working to secure the area in the Sadr City district of Baghdad uncovered several weapons caches July 17.

Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi army division, found a cache in an empty house at approximately 6:30 a.m. The munitions included 21 122 mm mortar rounds, an anti-tank mine, a 40 mm mortar round, a 122 mm artillery round and 50 12.7 mm small arm rounds.

At approximately the same time, members of the same unit in a different search found a 155mm mortar round, an anti-tank mine and an 82mm illumination round.

Soldiers with the 3rd Bde., 1st IA Div. discovered a cache in a market area at approximately 7:00 a.m. The weapons included 84 82 mm mortar rounds, three 60 mm mortar rounds, an 81 mm mortar round, 202 fuses, eight charges, a 155 mm artillery fuse, a rocket propelled grenade-7, 10 RPG-7 anti-personnel rounds, and two AK-47s with magazines.

Since May 20, Iraqi security forces have recovered 229 weapons and munitions caches, including 175 improvised explosive devices, 105 explosively-formed projectiles, 534 rocket propelled grenades, 82 RPG launchers, 43 machine guns, 724 rifles, 28 mortar tubes, 925 artillery tank and mortar rounds, 52 rockets, 120 anti-tank mines and other bomb-making material.

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