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

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080506-02
May 6, 2008

Weapons cache found in Wardia

Multi-National Division – Center PAO

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HAMMER, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Center soldiers discovered a weapons cache while patrolling the town of Wardia, Iraq, May 3.

The cache belonged to a local criminal group known for targeting Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition forces 50 miles northeast of Baghdad.

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, found the cache through tips from Abna al-Iraq, or Sons of Iraq, and National Police sources.

The cache included Iranian rocket-propelled grenades, RPG launchers, propellant, multiple trip flares, a heavy machine gun, ski masks and ISF uniforms.

The operation was part of a scheduled transition of the area. A key element in the transition is maintaining the relationship with the local Iraqi NP brigade, said Maj. Andrew Koloski, a Coalition forces spokesman.

“The National Police have increased their abilities so they can provide the continuity in our area of operations,” said Koloski.

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