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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080524-01
May 24, 2008

IA seize weapons cache at schoolhouse in Sadr City

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Army Soldiers discovered a weapons cache hidden in a schoolhouse in Sadr City May 23.

At approximately 8 a.m., IA Soldiers from the 34th Brigade, 9 IA Division, discovered a weapons cache consisting of a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, six 155 mm artillery rounds, an artillery warhead, an anti-tank mine, four hand grenades, an unknown grenade, two PKC light machine guns, 450 PKC rounds, a 92 mm charge, a Katusha rocket launcher, two bottles of chlorine poison, eight Tamoud brand radios and five radio chargers.

“Criminal elements are trying to destabilize Iraqi society through indiscriminate violence and criminal activity,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, MND-B and 4th Infantry Division spokesman. “By taking these weapons off the streets, we are making Baghdad safer.”

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