Military

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers unearth IEDs
 

BAGHDAD, Iraq -Task Force Baghdad Soldiers, acting on intelligence reports, uncovered 24 sixty millimeter mortar initiators on March 19 in south Baghdad. The improvised explosive devices appeared to have been freshly buried.

After receiving a report of armed men placing IEDs, the Soldiers cordoned off the area and searched for weapons caches, prior to finding the buried IEDs.

The Soldiers cleared the site of all IEDs found in the search.

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