Sunday, January 1
GRUNTS FIND, BLOW UP GUNS N' AMMO
Patrol makes find Northeast of Baghdad
December 21, 2005 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Task Force Baghdad Soldiers on patrol discovered a large cache of munitions in northeast Baghdad Dec. 21. The Soldiers from A Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment found 27 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, three 82 mm mortar rounds, 13 armor-piercing rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 28 rocket-propelled propellant chargers, 10,000 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, and 400 4.5 mm rounds. All munitions were turned over to an explosive ordnance disposal team for destruction by a controlled detonation. |