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3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq –An informant's tip led Rakkasan soldiers to a cache near Ghertema, June 29.
The informant led Soldiers from Company B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division to the cache about 14 kilometers south of Baghdad.
The cache included seven 120 mm high explosive mortars, four 120 mm white phosphorous mortars, two 120 mm Russian made mortars, two 105 mm mortars, one 102 mm Russian made mortar, one 100 mm Russian made mortar, one 60 mm Chinese made mortar, two Italian made landmines, one with detonation cord and other explosives.
The serviceability of the explosives was unknown.
An explosive ordnance disposal team performed a controlled detonation destroying explosives found in the cache.
"Many of these caches discovered by the Rakkasans are based on information from citizens concerned with the safety and security in their area," said Lt. Col. Daniel Dolwick, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. brigade deputy commander. "Finding these caches not only weakens the enemy but protects the citizens of Ghertema."
| Date Taken: | 07.02.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.02.2008 03:47 |
| Story ID: | 21091 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 176 |
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