Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
RELEASE No. 20070430-08
2nd BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. (LI) PAO,
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
BAGHDAD— Coalition forces discovered two improvised explosive devices anda weapons cache southwest of Baghdad today.
Soldiers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rdInfantry Division from Fort Benning, Ga., currently attached to the 4th Battalion,31st Infantry Regiment “Polar Bears,” and the 2nd Battalion, 14th InfantryRegiment “Golden Dragons,” both units of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10thMountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., discovered the weapons.
The first IED was discovered by 2-69 Armor Soldiers southwest ofYusufiyah at 9:35 a.m. local time.
Soldiers of D Co., 4-31 Inf. discovered another IED in the vicinity ofRushdi Mullah at 10:05 a.m. local time, while conducting a dismounted patrol.The IED was found near a wood line in a white plastic bag.
In another incident, the Golden Dragons found a weapons cache nearRushdi Mullah.
The cache consisted of three rocket-propelled grenade rounds, a bag filledwith unknown types of explosives, three bags of crystalline powder and threelarge blasting caps.
The cache and IEDs were destroyed by the explosive ordnance teamduring a controlled detonation.
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