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By the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Iraqi army soldiers recovered a cache near Janabi Village July 1.
Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 23rd Brigade, 17th Iraqi Army Division discovered the cache while executing a mission about 26 kilometers southwest of Baghdad.
The cache included one 82 mm mortar system, one 82 mm mortar tube, one 60 mm mortar system, two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, one RPK rifle, one bolt action rifle, two 155 mm mortars, seven 82 mm mortars, seven 60 mm mortars, 28 57 mm anti-aircraft rounds, three 57 mm anti-aircraft round warheads along with various other explosives and IED making materials.
An explosive ordnance disposal team was notified, and a controlled detonation will be conducted at a later date.
"The Iraqi security forces continue to make significant discoveries of weapons and munitions as they diligently strive to safeguard the people of Janabi Village," said Lt. Col. Daniel Dolwick, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) brigade deputy commander. "The ISF continue to demonstrate their professionalism as they rid the streets of Janabi Village of these dangerous weapons."
| Date Taken: | 07.04.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.04.2008 10:08 |
| Story ID: | 21181 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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