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By 3rd Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Sons of Iraq members and 3rd Battalion, 22nd Brigade, 11th Iraqi Army Division soldiers, discovered a cache of weapons and ammunition near Say Fahal village, approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, May 12.
Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, assisted in the recovery.
Acting on information of munitions and weapons in the area, the Rakkasans coordinated for a metal detector to use in discovering the cache.
The cache consisted of three Egyptian 100 kilogram explosive devices, 57 Iraqi 60 mm mortars, 53 Chinese 60 mm mortars, four 130 mm Iraqi high explosive projectiles, a Russian 122 mm rocket, a South African 155 mm rocket and various fuses and ammunition.
The weapons and ammunition were destroyed by explosives ordnance disposal personnel.
| Date Taken: | 05.12.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 05.13.2008 14:28 |
| Story ID: | 19369 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 172 |
| Downloads: | 157 |
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