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Saturday, 24 March 2007 |
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Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070325-04
March 25, 2007
Large Weapons Cache Found in Sadr City
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO
CAMP TAJI, Iraq — Iraqi Security Forces operating in the Sadr City area of the Iraqi capital discovered a large weapons cache March 24.
Iraqi Security Forces of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Brigade, 2nd Division of the Iraqi National Police and 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment (AIR), 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducted operations in Sadr City in their efforts to secure the area from militia extremists.
The Iraqi National Police received a tip from an Iraqi citizen about the location of a weapons cache. The National Police and Coalition force members investigated the tip and found a weapons cache containing 470 anti-tank mines.
“The cache found by the 2/8/2 National Police and the 2-325th AIR Paratroopers will definitely have an impact in Sadr City” said 2-325TH AIR operations officer Maj. Trey Rutherford.
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