Cache, Ordnance Seized From School, Playground
Ramadi, Iraq - Service members of the First Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force discovered weapons and ordnance caches at a playground and school here on Dec. 9.
Marines seized a cache that included an assortment of AK-47's, RPG's, RPK's, various-sized mortar rounds and rockets while Soldiers seized three 60-millimeter mortar systems and six 60-millimeter mortar rounds.
Local citizens recently reported numerous instances of the insurgency using various schools in the city for secret meeting places and hideouts for weapons caches.
The Marines, Soldiers and Sailors of the 1st Marine Division of the I Marine Expeditionary Force stand side by side with their Iraqi Security Force partners in enhancing security and stabilization in Ramadi in advance of the elections during January 2005.
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