Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080503-04
May 3, 2008

Iraqi Army recovers cache in Abu Hamid

3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT) PAO
Multi-National Division – Center PAO
CAMP STRIKER, Iraq – Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 25th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division found a cache of multiple mortar rounds near Abu Hamid, about 30 kilometers southwest of Baghdad, May 1.
Acting on a tip, the soldiers found a cache in two different holes that consisted of over 40 mortar rounds, a 120 mm artillery round, 12 boosters, one canister of TNT and various illumination round components.
The items will be destroyed by explosive ordnance disposal personnel.

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