Multi-National Corps, Iraq PAO
BAGHDAD - The 18th Military Police Brigade and Multi-National Division, Baghdad troops worked together to find answers about a weapons cache discovered near the Provincial Directorate of Police headquarters building in Baghdad Nov. 5.
Soldiers from the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division searched a soccer field across from police headquarters and found two caches that consisted of 10 120mm mortar rounds, 13 60mm mortar rounds, one hand grenade, six hundred AK-47 rounds, 45 blocks of C4, one rocket propelled grenade, 4,000 PKC rounds, 10 82mm Mortars and two sniper rifles.
Not knowing who was responsible for the caches, a Baghdad police chief emphasized the importance of knowing about everyone working near the police headquarters. “We need to pay better attention in the future. The people who did this have no loyalty to their country”, said the police chief.
The Iraqi Police had no knowledge of the cache near the headquarters. The joint operation held between the two units and local police continued to demonstrate the importance of working together to eliminate caches.
Soldiers from the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Cavalry Division, secure a soccer stadium in the Saliyah neighborhood of Baghdad after finding a weapons cache buried underneath the stadium. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Daniel D. Blottenberger, 18th MP BDE Public Affairs)
Soldiers from the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Cavalry Division, stand beside a crater where part of a weapons cache was destroyed earlier in the day Nov. 5 in a stadium in the Saliyah neighborhood of Baghdad.
