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FOB LOYALTY, Iraq, May 8, 2006 - Thanks to the help of an Iraqi citizen, soldiers from Troop B, 1st Squadron, 61st Calvary Regiment, 506th Infantry Regiment, seized a weapons cache and took two terrorist suspects into custody in the city of al-Duraiya May 3. The citizen came forward to speak to battalion representatives. While there, he told them about possible terrorist activities in our sector, said CPT William Arnold, 506th Infantry Regiment. The citizen led the platoon to the location of the weapons caches. The caches consisted of two 122 mm artillery rounds, two 125 mm artillery rounds, five AK-47s, two shotguns, 2,250 linked rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition, 5,420 loose rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and 35 shotgun shells. In addition to the cache, the soldiers detained two terrorists suspected of being part of an improvised-explosive device cell responsible for attacks on Iraqi police in Salman Pak. |
