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By 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – During a clearing operation in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, in support of Operation Marne Piledriver, Iraqi army soldiers from 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division uncovered five weapons caches, April 15.
The caches contained two 155 mm artillery rounds, one oxygen tank rigged as an improvised explosive device, a Katusha rocket launcher, two oxygen tanks, two 82 mm mortar tubes, a 3-foot tube of homemade explosives and multiple pressure strips.
Marne Piledriver is taking place in the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, area of operations. While the focus of the operation is on capacity building, Iraqi security forces will simultaneously target remaining insurgent pockets with the help of coalition forces.
| Date Taken: | 04.15.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 04.17.2008 10:08 |
| Story ID: | 18508 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 113 |
| Downloads: | 102 |
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