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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20070924-08
September 24, 2007

Operation Gecko III A continues
Multi-National Division – Center PAO

ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq — Soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division and Paratroopers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division continued their efforts to support concerned citizens of Jurf As Sukhr during Operation Gecko III A, Sept. 21.

During the operation, attack helicopters conducted a precision air strike and killed one al-Qaeda militant as he attempted to flee from combined forces.                                                                                                    

A weapons cache was also discovered during the operation which contained two hand grenades, one 105mm artillery round, one 81mm mortar round, one PKC machine gun, one Dragunov sniper rifle, one DISHKA heavy machine gun, three AK-47 assault rifles, two ammunition vests and other paraphernalia.

The cache was destroyed on scene.
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