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IRAQ: MND-B Soldiers prevent an IED attack and seize munitions (Baghdad)

/noticias.info/ BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers killed an IED emplacer and seized munitions in Baghdad May 18.

Soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered the weapons cache on the rooftop of a building during a dismounted patrol in the Shurta area of West Rashid at approximately 3:35 p.m.

Soldiers found 30 120 mm mortar rounds, 12 60 mm mortar rounds, 120 pounds of homemade explosives, several rocket-propelled grenade rounds, an SKS rifle, an RPG launcher, 10 mortar fuses, 30 shotgun shells, a hand grenade, two electric blasting caps, a Tommy gun, IED-making materials, and numerous Iraqi Army and Police uniforms.

At approximately 9:40 p.m. north of Baghdad, Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, witnessed a criminal emplacing an IED. Soldiers fired at the criminal and killed him.

“Taking these weapons out of the hands of those seeking to harm the Iraqi people and Iraqi Security and Coalition forces saved countless lives,” said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “Our Soldiers remain ‘Steadfast and Loyal’ in removing these threats,” he said, invoking the division motto. notas_de_prensa_archivo