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This could have made one monster IED
IRAQI CITIZEN'S TIP LEADS TO MND-B SOLDIERS CAPTURING WEAPONS CACHES 4/19/2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq Responding to a tip from an Iraqi citizen, Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers found a weapons cache south of Baghdad April 17. At approximately 6 p.m., while conducting a combat patrol, Soldiers from 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division received a tip from the local national that led the Soldiers to the cache. The cache consisted of eight 250- to 500-pound aerial bombs stored in a steel cage and ready to be transported. The Soldiers contacted an explosive ordnance disposal team, which conducted a controlled detonation and destroyed the cache. Earlier in the day, Soldiers from MND-Bs 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, discovered a cache while conducting a combat patrol southwest of Baghdad. The cache consisted of two rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 15 rocket-propelled grenades, a mortar tube, a 60 mm round, two green star clusters (flares) and an Iraqi police vest. The cache was turned over to an EOD team and rendered safe. Posted by: Glenmore 2006-04-19 |
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