War News
Cavalry Soldiers Discover Weapons Cache
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:45 AM
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:45 AM
AL RASHEED, Iraq - Coalition forces discovered a weapons cache near Iraqi Highway 1, just south of Baghdad March 18.
Soldiers from Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) discovered the cache during a combat patrol.
In the cache was a 120mm mortar round, 42 82mm mortar rounds, 79 60mm mortar rounds and an anti-personnel mine.
The contents of the cache were destroyed during a controlled detonation conducted by the explosive ordnance disposal team.
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