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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080212-19
February 12, 2008

Local tip yields cache
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

HUSSEINIYA, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers unearthed a cache Feb. 11 from a tip provided by a citizen in this rural region on the northern outskirts of Baghdad.

The Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, initially discovered one explosively formed penetrator and PVC piping in the backyard of an abandoned building.

Upon further inspection, the cache proved to be much larger. Soldiers also found 12 copper discs, six inches in diameter; six copper discs, eight inches in diameter; a battery; detonation cord; 49 PVC pipes and two blocks of C-4.

“This is the citizens of Iraq making Iraq safer by giving us timely and critical information that results in successful operations,” said 1st Lt. Otis Ingram, a platoon leader from 3rd Platoon.

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