Iraqi Security Forces, Multi-National Forces Perform Joint Operation
Camp Echo, Iraq -- Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the Multinational Division Central - South, the 403 Iraqi National Guard Battalion and Iraqi Police in Al Kut conducted a joint operation, searching for illegal storages of weapons and ammunition, northeast of Badrah in the Wasit Province, on Dec. 27.
MND CS soldiers and Iraqi Security Forces launched that the action in order to prevent terrorist attacks in the MND CS area of responsibility and to secure stability for Iraqi people in the Provinice of Wasit.
Seven suspects have been detained. Weapons and ammunition were confiscated including a few RPG - 7 grenade launchers with PG-7g rockets, some 122 mm artillery shells, a few Kalashnikov AK-47's with a large amount of ammunition; and a few dozen kilos of explosive material.
Detainees were handed over to the IP. The investigation is ongoing.
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