FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061008-04
Oct. 08, 2006

MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, detain 5 suspected terrorists
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team found a large weapons cache in Baghdad’s Rusafa district at approximately 7:45 a.m. Friday.  

The cache contained 24 82mm mortars, five 60mm mortars, 11 60mm mortar cheese charges, four 80mm mortar rounds, 266 RPK rounds, two rocket-propelled grenades, 12 grenades, an RPK machinegun, an AK-47 assault rifle, 847 AK-47 rounds, 450 PKC rounds, a block of TNT and a stick of TNT.

In a separate incident, Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained five suspected terrorists and confiscated weapons while conducting combat operations near Saab Al-Bour, northwest of Baghdad, at approximately 8 a.m. Friday.

While conducting a search of several houses in the area, 1st BCT Soldiers found five AK-47s, an SKS sniper rifle, an RPK machinegun, 600-800 loose rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades. The Soldiers also detained five suspected terrorists, who were occupying an abandoned home and maintaining the munitions.

The suspects were detained for further questioning, and the munitions were destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

As of Thursday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers have cleared approximately 95,000 buildings, 80 mosques and 65 muhallas, detained more than 170 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,700 weapons, registered more than 750 weapons and found 41 weapons caches in support of operation together forward. The combined forces have also removed more than 201,263 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.

 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.

 

 

 

 

 







 

 


 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20061008-04
Oct. 08, 2006

MND-B Soldiers seize weapons, detain 5 suspected terrorists
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team found a large weapons cache in Baghdad’s Rusafa district at approximately 7:45 a.m. Friday.  

The cache contained 24 82mm mortars, five 60mm mortars, 11 60mm mortar cheese charges, four 80mm mortar rounds, 266 RPK rounds, two rocket-propelled grenades, 12 grenades, an RPK machinegun, an AK-47 assault rifle, 847 AK-47 rounds, 450 PKC rounds, a block of TNT and a stick of TNT.

In a separate incident, Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained five suspected terrorists and confiscated weapons while conducting combat operations near Saab Al-Bour, northwest of Baghdad, at approximately 8 a.m. Friday.

While conducting a search of several houses in the area, 1st BCT Soldiers found five AK-47s, an SKS sniper rifle, an RPK machinegun, 600-800 loose rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades. The Soldiers also detained five suspected terrorists, who were occupying an abandoned home and maintaining the munitions.

The suspects were detained for further questioning, and the munitions were destroyed by an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team.

As of Thursday, Iraqi Security Forces and MND-B Soldiers have cleared approximately 95,000 buildings, 80 mosques and 65 muhallas, detained more than 170 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,700 weapons, registered more than 750 weapons and found 41 weapons caches in support of operation together forward. The combined forces have also removed more than 201,263 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.

 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS NCO IN CHARGE, MASTER SGT. ERIC LOBSINGER AT: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , COMMERCIAL: (914) 822-8174 OR IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.