48th Brigade Combat Team PAO
CAMP STRYKER, Iraq -- Task Force Baghdad Soldiers uncovered a large weapons cache in the outskirts of western Baghdad while conducting a morning patrol on Sept. 24.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, have been successful in finding weapons caches within their area of operations. In less than a month they have found six weapons caches of significant size, two of which were extremely large. Capt. James H. Alexander, Jr., an operations officer with 2nd Bn, 130 Inf. Regt., attributes this success to the troops on the ground.
"I'm very impressed with these Soldiers, they work together as a cohesive team at squad and platoon level and they get out on the ground to get the job done," said Alexander, a Columbus, Ga. resident.
The cache included 11 improvised explosive devices, one sniper rifle, 18 Motorola telephones, one mortar tube, 14 60 mm mortar rounds, one artillery round, nine washing machine timers and an unspecified amount of TNT and C4 plastic explosives.
Six suspected terrorists were also detained as a result of the find.
"Even if they take one (terrorist) off the street, it is motivating, but when a find of this size comes in, we are more than pleased. These Soldiers are saving lives," said Alexander.
| Date Taken: | 09.26.2005 |
| Date Posted: | 09.26.2005 16:16 |
| Story ID: | 3116 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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