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U.S. Soldiers seize weapons cache
FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq -- U.S. soldiers of B
Company, 150th Engineer Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team of the
1st Marine Expeditionary Force recently discovered a weapons cache
within a residence located northeast of Forward Operating Base
Dogwood.
The following items were seized and subsequently destroyed:
(1500) Rounds of assorted small arms ammunition
(1) SA-7 Surface to air missile
(21) Hand grenades
(2) 57 mm rockets
(8) 122 mm rockets
(31) 60 mm mortar rounds
(8) 122 mm mortar rounds
(56) 82 mm mortar rounds
(150) Fuses of assorted type
(7) Rocket propelled grenades
(3) Rifle grenades
(3) Mortar tubes
(8) 122 mm artillery rounds
Three individuals residing at the house were detained.
For more information, please contact MAJ Erby Montgomery, public
affairs officer, 155th Brigade Combat Team, at
erby.montgomery@us.army.mil
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