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BAGHDAD, September 20, 2006 - An Iraqi citizen's tip led Soldiers from Multi-National Division - Baghdad's Troop B, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, to the discovery of a large weapons cache and the apprehension of six suspected terrorists in southeast Baghdad at approximately 6:40 p.m. Monday. A concerned Iraqi citizen told the soldiers that terrorists attempted to kidnap civilians in front of his residence. Acting on the tip, MND-B soldiers conducted a recon of the area and observed a suspicious vehicle fleeing the vicinity at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was stopped at a nearby Iraqi police checkpoint and searched, revealing an AK-47 assault rifle. Soldiers then conducted a detailed search of the area and seized three weapons caches, consisting of 30 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, four RPG launchers, a 60mm mortar tube, seven 82mm mortar rounds, three flash-bang grenades, a fragmentation grenade, two PKM machineguns, two AK-47 assault rifles, a PPSH machinegun, two SKS assault rifles, a PPSH drum with ammo, two drums of 7.62mm ammunition, 18 loaded AK-47 magazines, 2,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and various bomb-making materials. The six suspected terrorists involved in the incident were detained for questioning. |
