Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20061208-06
PAOKALSU, Iraq – Iraqi Army troops and paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, secured a large cache of unexploded ordnance near Mahawil, Iraq Dec. 7.
An explosive ordnance disposal team reported from the site that the cache consisted of 100 artillery rounds, 25 mortar rounds, 151 rockets, 28 various fuses, and 10 feet of detonation cord. EOD conducted a controlled detonation of the ordnance at the site.
In a separate operation, paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division found a weapons cache while on dismounted patrol near al Mahmudiyah Dec. 6.
The cache consisted of 52 57-mm rounds. An explosive ordnance team secured the rounds for analysis and detonation.
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