Iraqi army soldiers find weapons cache, munitions in Sadr City

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

05.22.2008

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Multi-National Corps Iraq Public Affairs

Multi-National Division – Baghdad Public Affairs Office

BAGHDAD – Iraqi army soldiers found a substantial weapons cache and other munitions in Sadr City as Operation Peace continued May 21.

At approximately 9:30 a.m., IA Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 49th Brigade, 9th IA Division, seized four Katusha rockets.

IA Soldiers from the 3rd Bn., 49th Bde., while conducting a dismounted patrol near the Al Sadr Hospital, discovered a sizable cache, which consisted of more than 50 various mortar rounds, 49 rocket-propelled grenades, 66 hand grenades, seven RPG launchers, a machine gun, four Katusha rocket sleds, various mortar tubes, an 82 mm mortar base, a recoilless rocket launching tube, four explosively-formed projectile plates, hundreds of small-arms rounds, two detonators, a kilogram of TNT, various lengths of metal tubing and assorted fuzes, flares and mines.

At approximately 1 a.m. May 22, IA Soldiers from the 38th Brigade seized a 122 mm rocket and a launching rail, and IA Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 34th Brigade, 9th IA Div., seized two IEDs made up of four 155 mm mortar rounds at approximately 1 a.m.

"Iraqi army soldiers are conducting precision operations and ridding the area of these dangerous weapons," said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. "They continue to demonstrate their professionalism in safeguarding their fellow Iraqi citizens."

• Date Taken: 05.22.2008
• Date Posted: 05.22.2008 12:09
• Story ID: 19696
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ