Multi-National Division Baghdad

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By the Multi-National Division – Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces and Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers uncovered multiple weapons caches July 24 while working to secure the Baghdad area.

At approximately 9 a.m., Soldiers with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division seized two AK-47s, four AK-47 magazines and 246 7.62 mm rounds in the East Rashid area of Baghdad.

Later, at approximately 11:30 a.m., acting on a tip from a local citizen, Soldiers with the 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div., found an improvised explosive device-making workshop. The cache included personal mobile radios, base stations, batteries, power sources, garage door openers, circuit boards, programmers, a cable, LCD screens, assorted tools, wire, plastic bags, a global positioning system device, assorted electrical components, miscellaneous documents, identification cards and propaganda tapes.

Sons of Iraq turned a cache into Soldiers with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, consisting of three 57 mm rockets and a 106 mm recoilless rifle round in the Abu Grhiab area of Baghdad at approximately 1:45 p.m.

Shortly after, at approximately 2 p.m., 54th Brigade, 6th Iraq Army Division soldiers acted on a tip from a local citizen and seized a rocket propelled grenade, three RPG heads, six 60 mm mortar rounds, eight anti-tank mines, 10 grenades, three flares, 500 PKC machine gun rounds, detonation cord, a container of bolts and a license plate in the Mansour area of Baghdad.

Police with the 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division found a 107 mm rocket and 15 82 mm mortar rounds at approximately 7 p.m. in the West Rashid area of Baghdad.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., in the Mansour area of Baghdad, Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division found 500 7.62 ammo rounds, a body armor vest and an AK-47.

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