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By 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Divison
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq - A tip from an Iraqi citizen resulted in two cache finds in Shunatir Village, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, July 5.
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 25th Brigade, 17th Iraqi Army Division and 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) followed the lead provided by the citizen.
The caches contained one six-array explosively formed penetrator, three RPKs (Russian-made machine guns), two AK-47s, one 7.62 mm sniper rifle, one rocket propelled grenade trigger mechanism, one 50-round drum for AK-47, 3,000 7.62 mm ball rounds, and one concussion grenade.
The EFP was taken to Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah for exploitation and disposal by explosive ordnance disposal personnel. The other items were secured by the IA.
"We continue to see the local citizens stepping forward and identifying cache locations to the Iraqi army," said Col. Dominic Caraccilo, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. commander. "Iraqi security forces are shouldering the responsibility of securing their country for the people of Iraq."
| Date Taken: | 07.05.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 07.08.2008 11:28 |
| Story ID: | 21296 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 199 |
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