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Release A051117c

Three detained in raid, caches discovered

Multi-National Force-Iraq

TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers detained three men and confiscated an array of weapons during a hasty raid near Al Muqdadiyah Nov. 16 morning.

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the 5th Iraqi Army Division and troops from Task Force 1-30 of the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team conducted the raid after receiving information about a weapons cache.

They found an 81mm mortar tube, three mortar rounds and a fire extinguisher filled with plastic explosives.

Another cache was discovered by troops from the 3rd ID’s 1st Brigade Combat Team near Logistics Support Area Anaconda. More than 40 hand grenades, 40 rockets, 13 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, 11 land mines and 500 rounds of small arms ammunition were seized.

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT MNCI-PAO-VICTORYMAINJOC@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL