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Iraqi army soldiers detain 6 terrorists, capture multiple weapon caches |
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Thursday, 20 July 2006 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20060720-07
July 20, 2006
Iraqi army soldiers detain 6 terrorists, capture multiple weapon caches
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
BAGHDAD – Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 6th Iraqi Army Division, captured six suspected terrorists and a large weapons cache during a search in northwestern Baghdad Wednesday at approximately 2 p.m.
After receiving a tip from a concerned citizen Iraqi army soldiers searched an apartment complex in the suburban area and seized six terrorists and a weapons cache.
The cache consisted of 250 hand grenades, seven rocket-propelled grenade launchers and 14 rocket-propelled grenades, two 152mm artillery shells, a 60mm mortar system, seven Katusha rockets, a PKC machinegun, an RPK machinegun, 300 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 80 60mm fuses, 4 to 5 pounds of home-made explosives, 11 120mm fuses, several batteries of varying voltage, a cluster bomb system, a home made rocket launcher, several switches connected to fuses, 300 feet of time fuse, an improvised-explosive device made with 120mm fuses, artillery propellant, a hand-held radio and detonation cord.
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TEXT PROVIDED BY THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER FOR MULTINATIONAL DIVISION - BAGHDAD. For more information, contact Commercial: (914) 822-8174 or IRAQNA 011-964-790-192-4675.
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