Another Tip, Another Cache

Troopers form the 2nd Inf Div acting on a tip form area residents captured a cache in Eastern baghdad. This is the fourth recovered weapons cache this week:

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq – Soldiers with the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, recovered a weapons cache for the fourth time in a week in eastern Baghdad, Nov. 28.

Acting on a tip from an area resident, Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment found five 120mm mortar rounds, 34 82mm mortar rounds, eight 60mm mortar rounds, six rocket-propelled grenade rounds, one 60mm mortar base plate, 150 rounds of small arms ammunition and four improvised explosive device triggers.

The discovery comes as U.S. and Iraqi forces continue to sweep out insurgent strongholds in eastern Baghdad. There has been a substantial reduction in violence in eastern Baghdad, and the recovered cache builds on that momentum.

Weapons and explosives off the streets mean that more and more residents can continue to live in peace, adn have their lives returned to normal.