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Release A050708a

Task Force Liberty and Iraqi Army Soldiers find caches near Balad

Multi-National Force-Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Liberty and Iraqi Army Soldiers found four weapons caches and detained three individuals near Balad July 7. The caches included 19 60mm mortar rounds, six rocket-propelled grenades and one RPG launcher, three 82mm mortar rounds, two fragmentary grenades and several hundred 7.62mm rounds. The detainees were taken to a Coalition Forces base for questioning.

Task Force Liberty Soldiers detained seven individuals and recovered two additional weapons caches near Baqubah July 7 after an Iraqi approached a combat patrol and led it to the site. Soldiers searched two homes, seizing 30 60mm mortar rounds, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a mortar tube, several machine guns and explosives. The detainees were taken to a Coalition Forces base for questioning.

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