Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070601- 09
June 1, 2007

Paratroopers uncover cache north of Sadr City
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD — Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team uncovered a weapons cache north of Sadr City, in the eastern portion of the Iraqi capital June 1.

A tip from a local citizen led the Soldiers to the cache.

It was found in an area known to locals as the “Jaish Al Mahdi Forbidden Zone,” where some rocket
attacks on Baghdad’s International Zone have originated.

The cache contained 20 107mm rocket warheads, three fully assembled 107mm rockets, one 60mm mortar and a sandbag full of blasting devices.

An explosive ordnance disposal team arrived soon after the discovery was made and conducted a controlled demolition of the cache.

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