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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080529-08
May 29, 2008

MND-B Soldiers engage RPG team, seize munitions
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed 2 criminals and seized munitions during operations in Baghdad May 28.
 
Soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, discovered 240 57 mm rocket warheads at approximately 2:10 p.m. northwest of Baghdad.
 
Soldiers from 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, found five grenades, four rocket-propelled grenades, four RPG propelling fuses, three grenade fuses, 35 non-electric blasting caps, two boosters, and 30 feet of timing fuse at approximately 5:45 p.m. in the Shaab area of Adhamiyah.
 
At approximately 7:20 p.m. northwest of Baghdad, Soldiers from 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div. found four RPG rounds, a grenade, and a mine with detonation cord and blasting caps.
 
At approximately 11 p.m. in the Mashtal area of New Baghdad, Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, spotted individuals armed with loaded RPG launchers advancing toward them. The Soldiers engaged them with small-arms fire and killed two.

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