War News
FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq - Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division captured seven suspected insurgents and recovered a large weapons cache during a security operation on March 17 in eastern Baghdad.
The detainees are in U.S. military custody and the recovered weapons were seized by the Soldiers.
Recovered items included 15 AK-47 rifles, two body armor vests, five 107mm rockets, two 122mm rockets, 50 full AK-47 magazines, 100 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, four grenades, one grenade round, six 60mm mortar rounds, and assorted fuses.
The arrested insurgents bring the number of persons detained by the brigade in March to 87.
Iraqis and coalition forces continue a Baghdad security sweep aimed at reducing sectarian violence.
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